The U.S. Department of Defense announced on July 14 that it had awarded contracts to four U.S.-based artificial intelligence developers to address national security challenges.
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI will each receive contracting awards with a ceiling of up to $200 million, according to a statement shared by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
The office said these four companies would help “develop agentic AI workflows across a variety of mission areas.”
Agentic AI refers to systems designed to operate with minimal human input.
Formed in 2021, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is responsible for speeding up the military’s adoption of AI systems….