The Pentagon has signed agreements with Nvidia, Microsoft, Reflection, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilize advanced AI tools in classified military environments, according to Bloomberg.
These companies join a growing list of tech giants committed to expanding AI services for the military. Similar agreements have previously been made with SpaceX, Google, and OpenAI.
"These agreements accelerate the transformation of the U.S. Army into a combat force where artificial intelligence plays a central role," the Pentagon stated.
AWS representative Tim Barrett commented on the news:
"For over a decade, our company has been dedicated to supporting the armed forces and providing service members and defense partners with access to the best technologies at optimal prices."
He added that the company intends to continue "supporting the Department of Defense's modernization efforts."
The new agreements come after a conflict arose between the Pentagon and Anthropic, which refused to provide its technology for mass surveillance of U.S. citizens and autonomous weapons.
In February, President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to discontinue the use of Anthropic technologies within six months.
The Department of Defense must replace Claude within that timeframe and has already intensified negotiations with other companies willing to offer broader terms for the use of models and infrastructure.
Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Officer, stated that advanced LLM developments will help create "human-machine teams" capable of processing vast amounts of data.
Critics of using AI for life-and-death decision-making point to the technology's unreliability.
It is worth noting that the U.S. military utilized Claude in an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.