In a significant policy shift, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced that it will permit U.S. government agencies and contractors working on national security to utilize its AI models for military applications.
The New York Times reports that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has made a notable exception to its “acceptable use policy” by allowing the U.S. government and its allies to harness the company’s AI technology for military purposes. The decision aims to promote “responsible and ethical uses” of AI that support the United States and “democratic values” in the global race for AI supremacy.
According to Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, the company will make its AI models, known as Llama, available to federal agencies and defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Palantir, and Anduril. The Llama…
