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Pete Hegseth Says the Pentagon's New Chatbot Will Make America 'More Lethal' (www.404media.co)

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the rollout of GenAI.mil today in a video posted to X. To hear Hegseth tell it, the website is “the future of American warfare.” In practice, based on what we know so far from press releases and Hegseth’s posturing, GenAI.mil appears to be a custom chatbot interface for Google Gemini that can handle some forms of sensitive—but not classified—data.

Hegseth’s announcement was full of bold pronouncements about the future of killing people. These kinds of pronouncements are typical of the second Trump administration which has said it believes the rush to “win” AI is an existential threat on par with the invention of nuclear weapons during World War II.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 20 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Lethal to whom?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

To the enemies of the rich.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 12 points 3 days ago

Venezuelan fishermen

[–] credo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

All right, stop, divide and listen
Pete is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs ahold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
"Will it ever stop?" Yo, I don't know
Turn off the lights, and I'll grow
To the extreme, I rock power like a vandal
Light up a boat and wax a chump like a candle
Dance, go rush the tv spreading gloom
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom

[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Chatbot users

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

American servicemembers, most likely

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Itself?

Not exactly the same thing but one can dream.