The Air Force paid a company that is doing generative AI work for the government. The Air Force won't say what it did, though.

The Air Force paid a company that is doing generative AI work for the government. The Air Force won’t say what it did, though.

  • CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works
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    18 days ago

    Why are people upset over a $109,000 contract from the DoD. That’s literally less than a rounding error. The DoD puts interns in charge of more money than that.

    $109,000 is not even enough to pay for 50% of a single contract employee’s time (the going rate is $250k-300k per head). This article is just outrage for the sake of outrage. Don’t embarrass yourself by even bringing this up in a conversation with someone.

    I’m honestly more impressed the DoD found someone to write a contract for this low of a value. Hell, the total cost of the FOIA request was probably more after all the bureaucracy it went through.