The Pentagon pushes models onto classified networks for targeting

Claim

The Pentagon is pushing labs to deploy models on classified networks for weapons targeting, while US Customs awarded Clearview AI a contract to scan travelers against 60 billion public images.

Reported metric: 60B images

Reporting date: 2026-02-12 (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

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• Welcome to February 12, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)