US Department of Defense seeks to buy up to $300M of lithium for strategic stockpile

The DoD's lithium stockpiling highlights the strategic shift towards securing critical minerals, impacting global supply chains and market dynamics. The post US Department of Defense buys lithium for national defense stockpile in first-ever inclusion appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Trading of cobalt and lithium futures contracts has risen this year on the leading European and US exchanges

The rapid adoption of AI in the DoD could streamline operations, reduce labor costs, and set a precedent for AI integration in government tasks. The post US Department of Defense uses AI to draft congressional reports in hours instead of weeks appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The US Department of Defense committed a conditional $500M loan to Phoenix Tailings for a new rare earth processing plant, targeting $1B in total funding. The post US offers conditional $500M loan to Phoenix Tailings for rare-earths plant appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose," The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid concerns that it would be used in "inhumane or extremely harmful ways." If the agreement is confirmed, it would place Google alongside OpenAI and xAI, which have also made classified AI deals with the US government. Anthropic was also among that list until it was blacklisted by the Pentagon for refusing the Department of Defense's demands to remove we … Read the full story at The Verge.