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Los acuerdos con empresas de inteligencia artificial despiertan preocupaciones sobre el gasto público, la ciberseguridad y la vigilancia nacional. Regístrese en el correo electrónico de Breaking News US para recibir alertas de boletines en su bandeja de entrada. El Pentágono informó el viernes que había alcanzado acuerdos con siete empresas líderes en inteligencia artificial (IA): SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft y Amazon Web Services. «Estos acuerdos aceleran la transformación hacia el establecimiento de las fuerzas armadas de los Estados Unidos como una fuerza de combate centrada en la IA y fortalecerán la capacidad de nuestros combatientes para mantener la superioridad en la toma de decisiones en todos los ámbitos de la guerra», afirmó el Pentágono en un comunicado. Continuar leyendo...

• El Pentágono lanzó GenAI.mil en diciembre de 2025 como parte del Project Maven, brindando acceso seguro a la IA generativa a aproximadamente 3 millones de miembros del personal del Department of Defense. • La plataforma integra múltiples modelos de IA líderes, incluidos Claude de Anthropic, Gemini de Google, Grok de xAI y ChatGPT de OpenAI, permitiendo una adopción generalizada de la IA en las operaciones militares. • La iniciativa refleja la prioridad estratégica de las fuerzas armadas de EE. UU. de integrar capacidades avanzadas de IA en las operaciones de defensa y demuestra una inversión gubernamental significativa en tecnología de IA de doble uso.

Tech company is latest Silicon Valley firm to sign agreement with US military despite widespread employee oppositionGoogle has reportedly signed a deal with the US Pentagon to use its artificial intelligence models for classified work. The tech company joins a growing list of Silicon Valley firms inking agreements with US military.The agreement allows the Pentagon to use Google’s AI for “any lawful government purpose”, the report from the Information added, putting it alongside OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, which also have deals to supply AI models for classified use. Similar agreements, both at Google and other AI firms, have sparked significant disagreements with the Pentagon and major employee pushback. Continue reading...

• Google and the U.S. Department of Defense have finalized an agreement allowing the Pentagon to use Google's AI models for classified military and defense purposes, amending an existing contract between the two entities. • The deal grants the DOD access to Google's artificial intelligence capabilities for what the company describes as "any lawful government purpose," expanding the scope of prior defense collaborations. • The partnership marks a significant expansion of Big Tech's involvement in U.S. defense operations, continuing a trend of major tech companies providing AI infrastructure to government agencies.

Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s position on the Falklands is resolute and unchanging, Downing Street has insisted, after a leaked Pentagon internal email proposed the US should reassess its support for Britain’s claim to the islands because of a lack of support over Iran.Keir Starmer’s spokesperson did not push back against the likely veracity of the email but insisted that the UK’s defence and security relationship with the US remained extremely strong. Continue reading...

Jim Taiclet spoke in earnings call as company expands contracts with the US government amid the Iran warLockheed Martin’s CEO has called the Trump administration a “golden opportunity” for the company as it expands its contracting work for the federal government amid the conflict in the Middle East.In an earnings call on Thursday covering the first quarter of 2026, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet told investors that the company is well positioned “based on more available resources for us”. Continue reading...

Exit of John Phelan, navy’s top civilian official, comes a week after Pete Hegseth fired army’s top officerThe Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the navy’s top civilian official, John Phelan, the secretary of the navy, is leaving his job.In a statement posted to social media, Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, said Phelan was “departing the administration, effective immediately” Continue reading...