The Good, The Bad And The Ugly In Cybersecurity - Week 25
SentinelOne, Friday, June 20th, 2025
Pentagon Accelerates AI Adoption to Strengthen Cyber & Operational Readiness
In a significant step forward to modernizing government operations, the DoD has awarded a contract up to $200 million to OpenAI to develop frontier AI-based capabilities for the Pentagon. The contact will be managed by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), which currently leads AI adoption efforts across the U.S. military. Created in 2022, CDAO serves as the Pentagon's central hub for AI expertise and innovation.