Pentagon Clears 8 AI Firms for Classified Networks
The Pentagon signed AI agreements with eight tech companies for its most classified military networks, pointedly excluding Anthropic even as courts battle over its blacklist status.
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Google Bids for Pentagon's Classified Gemini Contract
Google is negotiating to deploy Gemini on classified Pentagon networks, the same tier Anthropic was blacklisted for refusing to serve without safeguards.
Eclipse Raises $1.3B to Back and Build Physical AI
Eclipse Ventures closed two funds totaling $1.3B to build and back physical AI companies in robotics, defense, and manufacturing as investor conviction shifts from software to machines.
Cisco DefenseClaw Locks Down AI Agents at RSA
Cisco open-sourced DefenseClaw at RSA 2026 - a five-minute install that scans agent skills, MCP servers, and AI-generated code before they run, with 2-second policy enforcement and Splunk telemetry built in.
Shield AI Raises $2B at $12.7B in Defense AI Bet
Shield AI closed a $2B raise at a $12.7B valuation, more than doubling from $5.3B a year ago, to fund its Hivemind autonomous pilot software and acquire Pentagon simulation vendor Aechelon Technology.
OpenAI Brings AWS Into Its U.S. Government Push
OpenAI and AWS are jointly selling AI to U.S. government agencies for both classified and unclassified work, expanding beyond the Pentagon deal OpenAI signed in February.
Humanoid Robots Hit Ukraine's Frontlines for First Time
Foundation Labs sent two Phantom MK-1 humanoid robots to Ukraine in February - the first deployment of armed humanoid robots to any active combat zone.
Google Rolls Out Gemini AI Agents to Pentagon's 3M Workers
The Pentagon launched Agent Designer on its GenAI.mil platform, letting 3 million Defense Department employees build custom Gemini-powered AI assistants without code.
AI Likely Caused Iran School Bombing That Killed 175
Investigations point to outdated AI targeting data as the likely cause of the Minab girls' school airstrike that killed up to 180 people, most of them children.
OpenAI's Robotics Chief Quits Over Pentagon Deal
Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of robotics, resigns over the company's Pentagon AI contract, warning that mass surveillance and autonomous weapons 'deserved more deliberation than they got.'
900 Google and OpenAI Workers Demand Military AI Limits
Nearly 900 employees across Google and OpenAI sign an open letter titled We Will Not Be Divided, calling on leadership to reject Pentagon demands for unfettered AI access.
Pentagon Names DOGE Vet Kliger as AI Chief
Gavin Kliger, a former DOGE official who reposted white supremacist content, is now the Pentagon's chief data officer and top AI decision-maker.
