Meta recently announced that it will open its large language model (LLM) for use by the U.S. military and defense contractors, collaborating with tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir to integrate AI technology into national security and strengthen the U.S. cyber defense.
Open-source LLMs drive innovation and efficiency improvements.
Meta states that LLMs are currently applied in various fields such as research, entrepreneurship, and development. Here are some examples:
Oracle: Using LLMs to simplify aircraft maintenance documentation and speed up repair times.
Scale AI: Using LLMs to support operational planning and enhance mechanisms for identifying enemy weaknesses.
Lockheed Martin: Introducing LLMs through AI Factory to promote rapid code generation and data analysis.
(Note: Oracle is a backend database provider, Scale AI is an AI technology provider, and Lockheed Martin is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor.)
Cloud collaboration and open source bring new opportunities.
Meta states that tech giants like AWS and Microsoft Azure also use LLMs to support government handling of confidential documents, ensuring they can operate on secure cloud systems. IBM has also integrated LLMs into the watsonx platform, allowing users to run them on their own infrastructure, enhancing data security and privacy.
Meta indicates that open-source AI technologies, if used properly, can enhance the U.S. economy and defense capabilities, helping the U.S. maintain a leading position in the AI race. It hopes that LLMs can become globally recognized technical standards like Linux and Android, positively impacting global infrastructure and economic systems.
(Note: watsonx is IBM's commercial cloud platform.)
AI supports national security and international cooperation.
Meta also emphasizes that LLMs can handle vast amounts of data, reason independently, and generate practical insights, providing significant assistance in national security areas such as logistics planning optimization, tracking funding flows of terrorist organizations, and cyber defense. Meta further states that amid fierce AI competition between the U.S. and China, the U.S. must actively engage in this field to ensure that future global technical standards are established on an open and transparent basis.
Meta has also partnered with Deloitte to promote the application of LLMs in the public sector, enhancing education, energy supply, and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Additionally, it has collaborated with UNESCO to develop a translation platform supporting up to 200 languages, facilitating global communication.
(Note: Deloitte is one of the Big Four accounting firms, and UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.)
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This article discusses how Meta provides LLM support to the U.S. military and collaborates with Microsoft and Amazon to strengthen U.S. national security. Originally appeared in Chain News ABMedia.