US defense department awards contracts to Google, Musk’s xAI

OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google, Anthropic and Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI have won contracts of up to $200 million each, aimed at scaling up adoption of advanced AI capabilities in the US Department of Defense, the government agency said on Monday.

The contracts will enable the DoD to develop agentic AI workflows and use them to address critical national security challenges, the department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said.

“The adoption of AI is transforming the (DoD’s) ability to support our warfighters and maintain strategic advantage…