Pentagon pushing AI companies to expand on classified networks, sources say

The Pentagon is moving to deploy frontier AI capabilities across all classification levels, an official who requested anonymity said. The Pentagon is pushing the top AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic to make their artificial-intelligence tools available on classified networks without many of the standard restrictions that the companies apply to users. During a White House event on Tuesday, Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael told tech executives that the military is aiming to make the AI models available on both unclassified and classified domains, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Pentagon is moving to deploy frontier AI capabilities across all classification levels, an official who requested anonymity said. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.