Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the US Department of Defense has awarded contracts to approximately 323 AI companies worth approximately $670 million, an increase of 20% over 2021 and 2022 This was reported by Fortune with reference to open information.
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According to him, in 2022 and 2023 the US Department of Homeland Security also entered into contracts with 20 companies carrying out similar work worth $22 million.
Organizations working with the US military include both well-known technology contractors like Palantir (founded in 2003 by people from PayPal) and young startups, for example, Scale AI, Fortune writes.
The Pentagon signed the largest AI contract since 2023 with ECS (a subsidiary of ASGN Inc.) for $117 million, although it later increased to $174 million, the publication reported.
According to him, the cooperation between the ministry and ECS involves “conducting research and development on the design and prototyping of artificial/machine learning algorithms” for the US military.
According to Fortune, the Pentagon currently has 83 active contracts, whose potential value ranges from $4 million to $60 million. If the Department spends at least a few million on each of them, in 2025 the US Department of Defense will spend on them. “Hundreds” of projects in the field of AI will amount to more than a billion dollars, the publication highlights.
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