Meta and Anduril team up to establish AI-powered helmets for the United States armed force

Meta Platforms and defense-technology start-up Anduril Industries have actually announced that they will interact to develop virtual and increased reality devices for the United States Army, marking Meta’s most significant push up until now into providing crucial hardware to the federal government. The collaboration was announced in a joint declaration, with both firms intending to produce lightweight AI-powered helmets with augmented reality and virtual reality features that can expand soldiers’ sight and hearing on the battlefield.

The founder of Anduril, Palmer Luckey, sold his Oculus VR venture to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014 but left in 2017 after a disagreement that was later connected to a donation he made to a pro-Donald Trump group ahead of the 2016 election.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Meta and Anduril have jointly bid for an Army virtual-reality contract worth up to $100 million. Anduril also said in December that it is collaborating with OpenAI to utilize large language models and computer vision for national security objectives, expanding its portfolio of defense-focused AI tools.

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