PENTAGON FORMS AI TASK FORCE FOR CYBER WARFARE
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The Pentagon is establishing a task force to study the safe deployment of advanced AI tools with hacking capabilities across U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, according to sources familiar with the effort.
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