US Marine Corps announces AI hackathon in California for October

Published Aug 7, 03:07 PM UTC

The U.S. Marine Corps announced a hackathon scheduled for October 26-30 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, bringing together military personnel, government employees, industry and academic partners, and contractors. Participants can choose between developing AI agents on the Defense Department's GenAI.mil platform or advanced AI development using service and school resources. The goal is to generate practical digital solutions that solve registered requirements and accelerate the Marine Corps' integration of AI-enabled capabilities into operations. The event will include at least two full days of unclassified hacking, with final presentations and judging on the fourth day. Applications are due by October 9, with selected attendees notified by October 16. The military's push toward AI is driven by the need to process large volumes of information on future battlefields, as demonstrated by an Army exercise showing a potential need to process 1,500 targets daily.