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Classified estimates show the NSA is paying billions to test AI models

178 points · 108 comments · rdmuser

  1. hosel · · focus · HN ↗
    Why wouldn’t they be? How is this surprising. A drop in the bucket.
    1. ForHackernews · · focus · HN ↗
      Why are they paying? What kind of elite hackers are they? Why haven't they already exfiltrated the weights and running these things on their own giant classified infrastructure?
      1. bhouston · · focus · HN ↗
        I wouldn't be surprised if the NSA is GPU constrained and it just isn't worth it to replicate all that infrastructure.
        1. ForHackernews · · focus · HN ↗
          Maybe? Hard to speculate what they have <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worldstopdatacenters.com&#x2F;nsa-bumblehive&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worldstopdatacenters.com&#x2F;nsa-bumblehive&#x2F;
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