Pentagon Assesses Promise and Perils of Large Language Models for Military Applications
• ChatGPT's ability to decipher complex Russian conversations impressed Pentagon officials
• Industry experts discussed LLMs' potential to help the U.S. military maintain strategic advantage
• However, risks like AI accidents and adversarial attacks were also raised as key concerns
• LLMs are seen as more likely to help developers than act as chatbots for end users
• Determining whether commercial LLMs trained on internet data can assist military analysis remains an open question