US Military Taps ‘Thunderforge’ AI for Wargaming and Planning Operations – Decrypt

As geopolitical tensions rise, the U.S. Department of Defense is expanding its integration of artificial intelligence to stay ahead and turning to AI agents to simulate confrontations with foreign adversaries.

On Wednesday, the Defense Innovation Unit, a Department of Defense organization, awarded a prototype contract to San Francisco-based Scale AI to build Thunderforge, an AI platform designed to enhance battlefield decision-making.

“[Thunderforge] will be the flagship program within the…