large language model (LLM) Archives

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division stand by after conducting a simulated force-on-force exercise as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 5, 2023. The MCCRE involves a range of scenarios and challenges that test the unit’s ability to plan, coordinate, and execute complex missions, including offensive and defensive operations, logistics, and communications. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Dmochowski)

Marines planning to use large language models to help mine information repositories

The effort is part of a broader push by the service to implement its new AI strategy.

Sep 25, 2024 By Jon Harper

Air Force releases new tool to track development, spending on AI efforts

Known as CLARA, the tool looks to increase visibility and overall understanding of the department's AI-related initiatives.

Aug 27, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

In this photo illustration, the OpenAI “ChatGPT” AI-generated answer to the question “What can AI offer to humanity?” is seen on a laptop screen on February 03, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Army set to issue new policy guidance on use of large language models

Pentagon officials see generative AI as a tool that could be used across the department, but security concerns need to be addressed.

May 9, 2024 By Jon Harper

William Chappell, Microsoft CTO for for strategic missions and technologies, speaks at an AI expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project, May 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jon Harper)

Microsoft deploys GPT-4 large language model for Pentagon use in top secret cloud

Microsoft has deployed the GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped Azure Government Top Secret cloud for use by the Department of Defense, the company announced…

May 7, 2024 By Jon Harper

CDAO developing ‘classification guide’ for large language models

The in-the-works guidance marks an important deliverable for the Pentagon's Task Force Lima.

Feb 21, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

CEO of Scale AI Alexandr Wang testifies during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation hearing about artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Scale AI to set the Pentagon’s path for testing and evaluating large language models

The company will create a comprehensive T&E framework for generative AI within the Defense Department.

Feb 20, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

DISA’s updated tech watchlist gets specific on AI capabilities

The Defense Information Systems Agency is taking a more comprehensive approach to analyzing AI capabilities and their potential use cases.

Nov 6, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a new executive order guiding his administration’s approach to artificial intelligence during an event in the East Room of the White House on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden issued a new executive order on Monday, directing his administration to create a new chief AI officer, track companies developing the most powerful AI systems, adopt stronger privacy policies and “both deploy AI and guard against its possible bias,” creating new safety guidelines and industry standards. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden tasks Pentagon to carry out new AI pilot for cyber defense

The directive is part of an executive order on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”

Oct 30, 2023 By Jon Harper

U.S. Navy Builder 2nd Class Sean McHugh, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2, and U.S. Navy Diver 2nd Class Austin Brown, assigned to U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) Det. Sasebo, pose for a photo during an underwater pile removal operation at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Jan. 10, 2018. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez)

Key US Navy shipyard in Japan eyeing large language models, other AI tools

The U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center serves 7th Fleet.

Oct 18, 2023 By Jon Harper

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks briefs media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Defense Department stands up generative AI task force

Task Force Lima will “assess, synchronize, and employ” generative AI technologies throughout the Pentagon.

Aug 10, 2023 By Mikayla Easley