News AI Newsletter: Hegseth Moves To Revolutionize American Warfighting

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IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:

– Pentagon launches Google Gemini-powered military AI platform for defense operations
– Disney CEO defends massive AI deal, says creators won’t be threatened
– Trump says that every AI plant built in the US will be self-sufficient with its own electricity.

WIRED WAR: The Pentagon announces the launch of GenAI.mil, a military-focused artificial intelligence platform powered by Google Gemini. In a video obtained by News Business, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the platform is designed to give U.S. military personnel direct access to artificial intelligence tools to help “revolutioniz[e] the way we win.”

CHANGE TIMES: After Disney announced a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI, CEO Bob Iger assured creators in an interview Thursday that their jobs would not be threatened.

WATT WARS: President Donald Trump responded to a just-released report on the global artificial intelligence arms race, which claimed China has more than twice the electric power generation capacity of the United States.

TREE TECHNOLOGY: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright was quoted in an article on Thursday declaring that America’s top scientific priority is AI. While there is intense debate about how artificial intelligence will be regulated in the future and what safeguards will be mandatory, there is broad bipartisan agreement that this technology has the potential to change the way the world operates.

BABY STEPS: The “outnumbered” panelists react to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s admission that he “can’t imagine” raising his newborn son without the help of ChatGPT.

INFRASTRUCTURE NOW: Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona warned that the United States risks ceding global leadership in artificial intelligence to China, calling the AI ​​race a national security issue that the nation “has to win.”

AGE OF THE MACHINES: Time magazine on Thursday announced “AI Architects” as its 2025 Person of the Year, rather than choosing a singular individual for the honor.

AI TO THE TEST: The estate of an 83-year-old woman who was murdered by her son inside her Connecticut home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft, alleging that the AI ​​chatbot amplified her “paranoid delusions.”

‘HUSBAND SEASON’: California Gov. Gavin Newsom trolled President Donald Trump’s administration by posting an AI-generated video showing Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and National Security Advisor Stephen Miller in handcuffs.

‘CLEAR GUIDELINES’: A pair of bipartisan House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to require federal agencies and officials to label any AI-generated content posted on official government channels.

FOOT IN WAR TIME: The Navy warns that the United States must treat shipbuilding and weapons production with the urgency of a country preparing for conflict, and Navy Secretary John Phelan declared that the maritime service “cannot afford to sit comfortably” while facing submarine delays, supply chain failures and a shipyard system that he says is stuck in another era.

‘HIS OWN EGO’: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of “selling out America” ​​for announcing that the United States will allow Nvidia to export its artificial intelligence chips to China and other countries.

‘ACcelerate INNOVATION’: White House science and technology adviser Michael Kratsios opened a meeting of G7 technology ministers by urging governments to remove regulatory obstacles to the adoption of artificial intelligence, warning that sweeping new rulebooks or outdated oversight frameworks risk slowing the innovation needed to unlock AI-powered productivity.

RELIEVE FEARS: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon offered an optimistic outlook on artificial intelligence (AI), predicting that the technology will not “dramatically reduce” jobs over the next year as long as it is properly regulated.

The bots have gone rogue: Artificial intelligence is getting smarter and more powerful every day. But sometimes, instead of solving problems properly, AI models find shortcuts to succeed.

This behavior is called bounty hacking. It occurs when an AI exploits flaws in its training goals to get a high score without actually doing the right thing.

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