US EditionSpaceX, xAI to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech
- SpaceX and xAI are competing in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge launched in January, a six-month competition to develop voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms.
- Amid a Pentagon AI Acceleration Strategy, officials moved to cut red tape and speed drone deployment, with the Defense Innovation Unit and Defense Autonomous Warfare Group launching the prize to bring Silicon Valley startups into domestic drone manufacturing.
- Structured in five phases, the competition begins with software development and moves to live testing; SpaceX and xAI work together while OpenAI focuses on mission control, with xAI holding a $200 million contract and recruiting security-cleared engineers recently.
- Some defense officials warned that integrating chatbots risks AI making decisions without human oversight, while Elon Musk's firms entered the Pentagon contest despite his prior backing of a ban on `offensive autonomous weapons` after the SpaceX–xAI merger in early February.
- If successful, the program could change battlefield lethality and how the military buys autonomous systems, as a defense official said human-machine interaction will impact effectiveness, aligning with the Pentagon's AI Acceleration Strategy.
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SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech – report
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its wholly-owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secret new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, February 16, citing people familiar with the matter. SpaceX, xAI and the Pentagon’s defense innovation unit did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the report. Texas-based SpaceX recently acqui…
SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech: report
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its xAI subsidiary are competing in a secret new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. SpaceX, xAI and the Pentagon’s defense innovation unit did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the report. Texas-based SpaceX recently acquired xAI in a deal that com…
SpaceX Competes In Secret Pentagon Challenge To Build Voice-Controlled AI Drone Swarms: Report
Elon Musk's SpaceX and its newly acquired AI unit xAI have reportedly joined a secret $100 million Pentagon contest to develop voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms, as the company faces scrutiny over foreign investment concerns and Musk's past stance against offensive autonomous weapons.
SpaceX, the billionaire’s company Elon Musk, and its subsidiary held in total, XAI, participates in the new private competition of the Pentagon for the production of an autonomous voice control technology of drones, announces people familiar with this subject for Bloomberg. The entry of Musk’s two companies – which he announced at the beginning of February that they will merge – in a new frontier of the development of weapons based on artificial…
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The spokesman-ReviewSpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 16 : Elon Musk's SpaceX and its wholly-owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secret new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.SpaceX, xAI and the Pentagon's defense innovation unit did
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