The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday said it's granting contract awards of up to $200 million forartificial intelligencedevelopment at Anthropic,Google, OpenAI and xAI. The DoD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of "advanced AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges." The companies will work to develop AI agents across several mission areas at the agency. "The adoption of AI is transforming the Department's ability to support our warfighters and maintain strategic advantage over our adversaries," Doug Matty, the DoD's chief digital and AI officer, said in arelease. Elon Musk'sxAI also announced Grok for Government on Monday, which is a suite of products that make the company's models available to U.S. government customers. The products are available through the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule, which allows federal government departments, agencies, or offices to purchase them, according toa poston X. OpenAI was previously awarded a year-long$200 million contractfrom the DoD in 2024, shortly after it said itwould collaboratewith defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." In June, the company launchedOpenAI for Governmentfor U.S. federal, state, and local government workers. Nearly one-third of major U.S. housing markets now see falling home prices Powell asks inspector general to review $2.5 billion renovation after Trump blasts Fed project These states are America's worst for quality of life in 2025
