Frontier AI, Big Tech & The US Military - by Jason Yung
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The Emergence of New American Civil-Military Fusion
SUMMARY In June 2025, the US Dept of Defence (DOD) awarded $800M to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI to build agentic AI to address national security challenges.1 This is the latest in a series of announced Frontier AI partnerships in the US defense space. The speed at which DOD is adopting Generative AI into warfighter workstreams is unprecedented for a department traditionally known for decades-long procurement timelines. No other Western military has moved as quickly from proof-of-concept to multi-million dollar contracting with commercial Frontier AI companies. This is an…
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