Contracts of up to $200 million will be granted to Google LLC, OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and, perhaps more surprisingly, Elon Musk’s xAI, whose Grok chatbot recently made headlines when it fell into hot water for promoting Nazi ideology. The DOD said each of the awards will address critical national security challenges.

As geopolitical risks intensify and defense budgets swell, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a cornerstone of national security modernization. From autonomous threat detection to battlefield decision support,

AI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI received contracts worth up to $200 million to help the Pentagon incorporate artificial intelligence into national

Initiative eyeing partnerships with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait for a regional alliance to counter the Iran-China-Russia axis

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell its bosses to refocus on defence and security. In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK's AI capabilities was "critical" to national security and should be at the core of the Alan Turing Institute's activities.

In 2019 NAB developed its Data Ethics Principles and Data Ethics Framework, and in 2023 it engaged with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on the development of an assessment tool for AI-informed decision-making systems in banking.

In the supply chain, the winners are clear: ASML Holding ( ASML -0.73%) holds a monopoly on extreme ultraviolet lithography. Lam Research ( LRCX -0.06%) and Applied Materials ( AMAT 0.53%) dominate critical semiconductor equipment markets.

Pennsylvanians will benefit from $100 billion in energy- and artificial intelligence-related investments to energize the nation's growing AI economy.