Meta Allows US Allies Granted Access to Llama for Military Training

I still can’t quite shake my unease with the idea of Meta throwing its weight behind U.S. military projects. The company’s Llama AI models are now being woven into national security initiatives, including mission planning and, by extension, activities that could carry lethal consequences.

Just last year, Meta acknowledged its collaboration with the U.S. Army, exploring AI applications such as:

“Fine-tuning Llama to support specific national security team missions, such as planning operations and identifying adversaries’ vulnerabilities.”

That phrasing alone is enough to raise eyebrows. These are still tools that routinely stumble over context, misinterpret language, or simply invent details outright. Yet Meta is pushing them into scenarios where the stakes couldn’t be higher—assisting the military in identifying vulnerabilities and potential targets.

At the same time, Meta is working with Anduril to develop VR and XR helmets for military use, embedding its technologies even further into the modern battlefield toolkit.

It’s a striking shift when you think about it. Not so long ago, Facebook was condemned as a vector for foreign disinformation; now, its parent company is actively supplying the U.S. war machine. The transformation feels jarringly swift.

And it’s not just Washington.

Meta has now announced that its Llama models are available for national security use among the so-called “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance—the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K.—as well as their defense contractors. And today, that reach is expanding further.

As Meta explained:

“We are now expanding this access to a number of key U.S. democratic allies in Europe and Asia: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea, as well as NATO and European Union institutions.”

Now, to be fair, this doesn’t mean soldiers are booting up a chatbot to ask, “Who’s next on the kill list?” The emphasis, at least in Meta’s framing, is on building tools and infrastructure.

“Llama has been used to help develop advanced AI tools for the U.S. military and national security agencies, enhancing decision-making, mission-specific capabilities, and operational efficiency. For example, Meta is working with the Army’s Combined Arms Support Command on a pilot project to demonstrate how AI and technologies like augmented and virtual reality can help to speed routine repairs and help the Army get equipment back into the field more quickly.”

Most of these initiatives, then, are training- and logistics-oriented. AI helping to fix broken machinery, or simulating battlefield conditions, is hardly the same as drones autonomously locking onto targets. But once the technology is in circulation, the line between support roles and combat operations starts to look thin.

That’s the crux of the concern. Meta is largely leaving its tools in the hands of governments, who will determine how far they’re pushed.

Meta’s own justification leans into geopolitics:

“In a world where geopolitical power and national security are deeply intertwined with economic output, innovation, and growth, the widespread adoption of open source models like Llama will be essential to maintaining US and allied AI leadership and ensuring our shared values underpin the systems and standards adopted elsewhere. This is recognized by the U.S. government in its AI Action Plan for America, which Meta endorses.”

In other words, Meta wants to ensure that the U.S. and its allies are setting the pace for AI adoption globally. That’s as much about strengthening its own market position as it is about shared “values.” If Llama becomes the default for military AI projects across NATO and beyond, Meta secures its foothold as a critical supplier.

It’s a savvy play in business terms. But it remains deeply uncomfortable to watch a company that was, not long ago, castigated for enabling foreign election interference now positioning itself as a cornerstone of Western military capability.

Still, Meta is intent on leading the AI race, and defense is one of the few sectors where limitless resources meet limitless ambition. All industries are probing the edges of what AI can do—and the military is no exception.

Whether that makes the world safer, or simply accelerates the pace of conflict, is a question we’ll be asking for years to come.

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