WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – A senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday that commercial AI contracts signed under the Biden administration contained sweeping operational restrictions that threatened to paralyze U.S. military missions in real time, including the ability to plan and execute combat operations.
Emil Michael, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, described a moment of alarm when he reviewed the terms governing AI models already embedded in some of the military’s most sensitive commands. He did not name the AI provider whose contracts he was reviewing.
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His comments came at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington, a gathering of technology companies keen on space and national security work. The summit occurred just days after a disagreement over how the Pentagon could use Anthropic’s powerful and widely used AI tools, leading President Donald Trump to ban the startup from government business and label it a national security risk.
AI contract restrictions could threaten military missions, US official says
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