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Pentagon wants to use AI-generated ‘personalities’ for decoy cellphones
Using fake radio signals to spoof the enemy is a common stratagem.The Department of Defense wants to take that idea one step further and wield AI-generated “personalities” to mimic real people — and fool enemy AI trying to identify patterns in friendly cellphone traffic.The goal is to mask “digital exhaust,” the metadata automatically emitted by mobile phones, such as location…
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Suicide prevention efforts at Fort Hood lack ‘professional expertise,’ Army says
Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.After years of internal suicide prevention efforts at Fort Hood, the U.S. Army is putting out a…
82nd Airborne soldiers have Middle East deployment extended out to a year
Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division will remain deployed in the Central Command area of operations for a total of one year, according to a memorandum signed on Sunday. The deployment extension will keep parts of the division’s headquarters, artillery, sustainment brigade, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment and…
The military’s ChatGPT is now live via the Pentagon’s GenAI platform
The Pentagon’s secure artificial intelligence platform now has ChatGPT.The Department of Defense on Monday launched OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mil on GenAI.mil, making the chatbot available for work involving controlled unclassified information, or CUI — sensitive government information that is not classified but still requires specific safeguards. The department said ChatGPT Mil…
DOD confirms ‘refrigeration disruption’ at military commissaries
With more than a half-dozen commissaries on military bases in the continental U.S. reporting refrigeration outages this week, the Pentagon is acknowledging the problem but not making any guesses as to its source.The outages affected at least Fort Irwin, California; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Naval Station Newport, Rhode…
Steel and stone: Army Museum’s newest exhibit shares untold stories of engineers on 9/11
8:46 a.m. The first moment of impact. For most Americans alive at the time of the 9/11 attacks, the sights and sounds of that morning play on a horrific loop in their minds. The logistical aftermath, however, less so.Now, on the 25th anniversary of the attack, the National Museum of…
Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6
A Pentagon review of U.S. troop deployments in Europe will create at least four sets of options for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by Nov. 6, well ahead of a December deadline for the review’s completion, according to a document seen by Reuters.NATO allies worry that the six-month review, announced in…