Tag: defense department

US Military Prepping For COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according … More

US Government Algorithm Can Detect Illness 48 Hours In Advance

U.S. service members are strong but they’re still people, and people get sick sometimes. But when one gets sick at … More

Microsoft Unveils Two Secret Data Centers Built For Classified Government Data

Microsoft unveiled two data centers Wednesday designed exclusively to host the government’s secret classified data. Microsoft’s announcement is part of … More

Pentagon “Absolutely Unapologetic’ About Developing Autonomous Killing Machines, Despite Public Outcry

The controversy surrounding military artificial intelligence is rooted in “grave misperceptions” about what the department is actually trying to do, … More

Pentagon Releases Plans To Speed Up Artificial Intelligence Use For Military Application

The Pentagon made public for the first time on Feb. 12 the outlines of its master plan for speeding the … More

Coming To A Device Near You: All-Knowing Smart Phones Could Become All-Access Cards For Pentagon Users

A New York-based company and the Defense Department have created an artificial intelligence algorithm to be embedded in smartphones that … More

Pentagon To UP The Propaganda Game

The Defense Department wants U.S. Special Operations Command to do more than the traditional leaflets-and-loudspeakers approach to information warfare, a … More