– The valley was created on three -sided cooperation: army, science and private industry. These were her foundations, “Bosworth said during Wednesday's speech at Bloomberg Tech Summit in San Francisco.
– Were it not for the joint effort on the problem of calculating the navy ballistic missiles during the two world wars, today's technology would simply not be. It was the engine of investments that shaped us. And for some time this bond was broken He added.
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Meta is working on a command -based command system
Last week, Meta announced that he was working on Anduril on A new generation of augmented reality equipment for the US Army. As reported by the company on May 29, the project will use it command system based on artificial intelligenceLattice, as well as technologies from reality Labs Meta and AI models from the Llam family.
“The project is entirely financed from private capital, without taxpayers' support, and has been designed to save billions of dollars from the consumer sector thanks to the use of advanced components and technologies from the consumer sector,” said in a statement.
Bosworth stipulated on Wednesday that at this stage it is impossible to say yet whether the military sector will become a real area of business for Meta.
– For now it is equal to zero. Let's start with one and see what to do next. I think that this can be of great importance when it comes to influence, “he said.
He also pointed out that the Anduril partnership itself does not mean that the finish line is becoming an arms company.
– They have a ready system under the program. We provide them with components. Everything we do is created for consumers. We create civilian -oriented technology – he emphasized.
– However, it turns out that many of these solutions can be used by a two -track. And it is on this plane that we want to develop cooperation – he added.
Bosworth is not the only leader of the Silicon Valley who looks towards the defense sector.
Last year, Eric Schmidt, former general director and president of Google, announced that, together with Sebastian Thrun, the head of Udicita, he is working on the arms start-up producing combat drones using AI. The company is called White Stork and plans mass production of drones capable of eliminating goals using artificial intelligence.
– Because of how the system works, today I am a licensed weapon trader – said Schmidt during a lecture at Stanford University in April 2024. The recording from the lectures went briefly to the YouTube channel of the university in August, but was removed.
The article is a translation with American Business Insider edition.
