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Military AI is the use of AI by armed forces and defense agencies, from intelligence analysis and targeting to chatbots for staff and AI cyber defense. It raises questions that civilian AI mostly doesn't: who can switch a system off, how much human judgment stays in decisions to use force, and whether AI companies will accept any lawful military use of their models.

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Checked Oct 23

NATO AI strategy: Summary published October 22, 2021, with six Principles of Responsible Use: lawfulness; responsibility and accountability; explainability and traceability; reliability; governability; bias mitigation
NATO revised AI strategy: Summary published July 10, 2024; aims include accelerating AI adoption in capability development and safeguarding against adversarial use of AI
Maven Smart System for the US military services: Palantir release, September 20, 2024: DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory contract of up to $99,804,561 over five years extends Maven Smart System to the Army, Air Force, Space Force, Navy and Marine Corps
Google AI Principles update: February 4, 2025, by James Manyika and Demis Hassabis; says companies and governments sharing democratic values should build AI that "supports national security"
"Department of War" title: Executive Order 14347, "Restoring the United States Department of War," signed September 5, 2025 (90 FR 43893); a secondary title for the Department of Defense, with statutory references unchanged until Congress acts
Anthropic and the Department of War: February 26, 2026: Dario Amodei says Anthropic "cannot in good conscience" drop its restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons; he says the department threatened to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk"
Executive Order 14409: Signed June 2, 2026 (91 FR 34565): the Secretary of War must prioritize cyber defense of Department of War systems within 30 days, and the NSA Director determines which models count as "covered frontier models" under a classified cyber-capability benchmark

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Policy · NewsPalantir says NATO's Maven AI system has 'no kill switches': what it claimed, what NATO has said, and Europe's US tech worryIs there a Palantir NATO Maven kill switch? Palantir's Europe chief Louis Mosley told Reuters on October 21, 2026 that 'there are no kill switches' and that neither Palantir nor the US can turn off the Maven Smart System NATO uses. What he said, what NATO has announced about the system, and the European debate after Ukraine's Starshield disruption.Oct 24·4 min read

Policy · NewsGoogle DeepMind resignations over military AI: who quit, the Pentagon and Nimbus contracts, and what Google saysGoogle DeepMind resignations over military AI became public on October 21, 2026, when the BBC and The Intercept reported that researchers had quit over Google's classified Pentagon deal and its Israel cloud contract. Who left, what the contracts say, and what Google says.Oct 24·5 min read

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Policy · NewsGoogle DeepMind resignations over military AI: who quit, the Pentagon and Nimbus contracts, and what Google saysGoogle DeepMind resignations over military AI became public on October 21, 2026, when the BBC and The Intercept reported that researchers had quit over Google's classified Pentagon deal and its Israel cloud contract. Who left, what the contracts say, and what Google says.Oct 24·5 min read

Policy · NewsPalantir says NATO's Maven AI system has 'no kill switches': what it claimed, what NATO has said, and Europe's US tech worryIs there a Palantir NATO Maven kill switch? Palantir's Europe chief Louis Mosley told Reuters on October 21, 2026 that 'there are no kill switches' and that neither Palantir nor the US can turn off the Maven Smart System NATO uses. What he said, what NATO has announced about the system, and the European debate after Ukraine's Starshield disruption.Oct 24·4 min read

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