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DoD Awards dMetrics $100 Million To Provide AI Platform That Scours Open Source, Other Data For Connections

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

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DoD Awards dMetrics $100 Million To Provide AI Platform That Scours Open Source, Other Data For Connections

Image of Minsky deployments. Image: dMetrics

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday said dMetrics received a $99.5 million contract to provide its Minsky artificial intelligence platform for help Defense Department analysts search through vast amounts of open source, unstructured data to quickly identify adversarial activity online. The award to dMetrics follows successful prototype projects of its Minsky AI platform with the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), the Army Geospatial Center, and multiple intelligence agencies, the small New York City-based company said. DIU said that the…

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