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[โ€“] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So what was the process of making this deal? I thought all government contractors had to go through the ridiculous bureaucracy of bidding for contracts like this and I'm pretty sure it would have drawn attention that this sort of thing was even up for bid with make believe AI tech

[โ€“] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Clearly the process was someone in the administration wanted to do it. They are making sweeping changes by ignoring all those rules that promote ethics, which is why so much is getting run into the ground in such a short period of time.