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Meta Makes Llama AI Models Available to US Government Agencies
Meta announced making its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) models available to US government agencies and contractors on Monday. The announcement came just days after reports claimed that the company’s open-source AI models were being used by researchers in China for military use. The social media giant highlighted that it will also make its Ll...
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Meta Opens Its AI Models To US Defence Agencies And Contractors
The Facebook-parent company is making its large language models, called Llama, available to more than a dozen US agencies and contractors.
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When Ratan Tata Flew An F-16 Fighter Jet Over Bengaluru Skies
In February 2007, Ratan Tata took to the skies in a high-speed adventure that few would ever experience. At the Aero India Show held in Bengaluru, Mr Tata, 69 at the time, was invited by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin to co-pilot an F-16.
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Blue Origin Protest Over NASA Lunar Contract Rejected by US Watchdog
A US government watchdog sided with NASA over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics.
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Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Targeted US Groups via Its Exchange Server Software
Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms, and infectious-disease researchers. It said that a hacking group exploited a bug in its Exchange Server software to ga...
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Chinese Cybercriminals Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Research, Hacked Several Firms, Defence Contractors: US
Two Chinese cybercriminals have been indicted by the US Justice Department for trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the US and abroad, including defence contractors.
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United Technologies, Raytheon to Create $120-Billion Aerospace and Defence Giant
United Technologies agreed on Sunday to combine its aerospace business with US contractor Raytheon Co and create a new company worth about $121 billion.
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Private Army In Afghanistan "Not A Wise Idea": US Defence Secretary
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday downplayed the idea of sending private military contractors to Afghanistan to replace American forces.
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Inside Trump's 'Buy American' Drive To Expand Weapons Exports
In a telephone call with the emir of Kuwait in January, U.S. President Donald Trump pressed the Gulf monarch to move forward on a $10 billion fighter jet deal that had been stalled for more than a year. Trump was acting on behalf of Boeing Co, America's second-largest defence contractor, which had become frustrated that a long-delayed sale critical...
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Pak Treats US As A 'Limitless ATM' Says CIA Agent Arrested In Lahore
Pakistan treats America like a "limitless ATM" and most of the US aid to the country goes to the military's kitty, a private US defence contractor who was responsible for one the worst bilateral tensions, has said.
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Singapore Court Allows Extradition In US Navy Bribery Case
A Singapore court approved Wednesday the extradition of two former defence contractor executives at the heart of a bribery scandal that has rocked the US Navy.
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France Wins Bid To Build Australia's New Submarines
French naval contractor DCNS today won a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, beating competition from Germany and Japan in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme.
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Ex-US Contractor Jailed For Sending Defence Drawings To India Without Permission
A former US defence contractor was today sentenced to nearly five years in jail for illegally exporting to India military blueprints and technical drawings of parts used in some high-tech hardware like F-15 jets.
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Chinese National Pleads Guilty In US To Computer Hacking Conspiracy
A businessman from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major US defence contractors including Boeing Co, the US Department of Justice said in a statement.
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Afghanistan Targets US Defence Contractors in Row Over Back Taxes
Afghanistan is threatening to crack down on US defence contractors it says owe hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes, including by freezing their bank accounts and refusing to renew yearly business licences when they expire.
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Meta Makes Llama AI Models Available to US Government Agencies
Meta announced making its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) models available to US government agencies and contractors on Monday. The announcement came just days after reports claimed that the company’s open-source AI models were being used by researchers in China for military use. The social media giant highlighted that it will also make its Ll...
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Meta Opens Its AI Models To US Defence Agencies And Contractors
The Facebook-parent company is making its large language models, called Llama, available to more than a dozen US agencies and contractors.
-
When Ratan Tata Flew An F-16 Fighter Jet Over Bengaluru Skies
In February 2007, Ratan Tata took to the skies in a high-speed adventure that few would ever experience. At the Aero India Show held in Bengaluru, Mr Tata, 69 at the time, was invited by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin to co-pilot an F-16.
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Blue Origin Protest Over NASA Lunar Contract Rejected by US Watchdog
A US government watchdog sided with NASA over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics.
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Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Targeted US Groups via Its Exchange Server Software
Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms, and infectious-disease researchers. It said that a hacking group exploited a bug in its Exchange Server software to ga...
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Chinese Cybercriminals Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Research, Hacked Several Firms, Defence Contractors: US
Two Chinese cybercriminals have been indicted by the US Justice Department for trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the US and abroad, including defence contractors.
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United Technologies, Raytheon to Create $120-Billion Aerospace and Defence Giant
United Technologies agreed on Sunday to combine its aerospace business with US contractor Raytheon Co and create a new company worth about $121 billion.
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Private Army In Afghanistan "Not A Wise Idea": US Defence Secretary
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday downplayed the idea of sending private military contractors to Afghanistan to replace American forces.
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Inside Trump's 'Buy American' Drive To Expand Weapons Exports
In a telephone call with the emir of Kuwait in January, U.S. President Donald Trump pressed the Gulf monarch to move forward on a $10 billion fighter jet deal that had been stalled for more than a year. Trump was acting on behalf of Boeing Co, America's second-largest defence contractor, which had become frustrated that a long-delayed sale critical...
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Pak Treats US As A 'Limitless ATM' Says CIA Agent Arrested In Lahore
Pakistan treats America like a "limitless ATM" and most of the US aid to the country goes to the military's kitty, a private US defence contractor who was responsible for one the worst bilateral tensions, has said.
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Singapore Court Allows Extradition In US Navy Bribery Case
A Singapore court approved Wednesday the extradition of two former defence contractor executives at the heart of a bribery scandal that has rocked the US Navy.
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France Wins Bid To Build Australia's New Submarines
French naval contractor DCNS today won a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, beating competition from Germany and Japan in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme.
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Ex-US Contractor Jailed For Sending Defence Drawings To India Without Permission
A former US defence contractor was today sentenced to nearly five years in jail for illegally exporting to India military blueprints and technical drawings of parts used in some high-tech hardware like F-15 jets.
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Chinese National Pleads Guilty In US To Computer Hacking Conspiracy
A businessman from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major US defence contractors including Boeing Co, the US Department of Justice said in a statement.
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Afghanistan Targets US Defence Contractors in Row Over Back Taxes
Afghanistan is threatening to crack down on US defence contractors it says owe hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes, including by freezing their bank accounts and refusing to renew yearly business licences when they expire.
