[...] Both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force are experimenting with LLMs, using them for war games, military planning, and basic administrative tasks. Palantir, a company that develops information technology for the DOD, has created a product that uses LLMs to manage military operations. Meanwhile, the DOD has formed a new task force to explore the use of generative AI, including LLMs, within the U.S. military.
But despite the enthusiasm for AI and LLMs within the Pentagon, its leadership is worried about the risk that the technologies pose. Hackathons sponsored by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office have identified biases and hallucinations in LLM applications, and recently, the U.S. Navy published guidance limiting the use of LLMs, citing security vulnerabilities and the inadvertent release of sensitive information. [...] https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/why-military-cant-trust-ai
