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Pentagon Hands Meta-Backed Scale AI $500 Million Contract, 5 Times Last Year's Deal

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The Pentagon awarded a $500 million contract to Meta Platforms Inc.-backed Scale AI to help sift through data and assist in decision-making, the latest step in the US military’s effort to rely more on artificial intelligence.

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Scale AI has obtained a $500 million contract with the Pentagon. The information, advanced by Bloomberg, places the emerging Meta-backed one at the center of the flourishing artificial intelligence market for defense. This is the latest step of the US Department of Defense in its commitment to automate data analysis and decision-making. The agreement encompasses the development of systems capable of screening vast volumes of classified informati…

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