War Official Says Foreign Adversaries Fuel Anti-AI Psyop as Pentagon Use Jumps to 1.7 Million
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 6
War Official Says Foreign Adversaries Fuel Anti-AI Psyop as Pentagon Use Jumps to 1.7 Million
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 6
Summary
Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief, said foreign adversaries are using propaganda and malign influence to amplify U.S. opposition to AI and data centers.
1.7 million Defense Department users now employ AI, up from about 70,000 under Secretary Pete Hegseth, as the military expands the technology across operations, warfighting and intelligence.
Michael called data centers the "electricity" behind superintelligence and said slowing their buildout would weaken Washington’s effort to stay ahead in the AI race.
$278 million has flowed since 2017 from Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham into nonprofit networks that lawmakers say overlap with leading anti-data-center groups, though Michael did not name a specific foreign state.