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Did it mean, mused the mainstream media commentariat, that this AI tool, which was mired in outrage and controversy for enabling people to create sexualised images of children, would be empowered to roam freely through all the archives – classified as well as unclassified – of the US war department?

Answer: yes, since it was part of “a transformative artificial intelligence acceleration strategy that will extend our lead in military AI deployment and establish the United States as the world’s undisputed AI-enabled fighting force”, according to a war department press release. “Mandated by President Trump, this acceleration strategy will unleash experimentation, eliminate legacy bureaucratic blockers, and integrate the bleeding edge of frontier AI capabilities across every mission area to usher in an unprecedented era of American military AI dominance.”