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Pentagon expands secure military portal with custom ChatGPT and Grok AI tools
The Department of Defense has added customized OpenAI and xAI models to GenAI.mil for its 3 million personnel.
The short version
- The Pentagon launched ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on its secure internal portal, GenAI.mil, which is accessible to 3 million military and civilian personnel.
- The tailored generative AI tools are designed to streamline administrative tasks, logistics, and operational planning while avoiding consumer-level data collection.
- The portal has already onboarded over 1.7 million unique users and previously included Google Gemini.
- Anthropic's models remain absent from the portal following a legal dispute with the administration over safety guardrails.
Key facts
- The Department of Defense launched ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on its secure portal, GenAI.mil.[TechCrunch]
- More than 1.7 million unique users out of 3 million total defense personnel have onboarded onto GenAI.mil since its launch.[TechCrunch]
- ChatGPT Mil is intended for unclassified administrative, logistical, planning, and policy tasks, while Grok for Government is provided via SpaceX's Starshield AI network.[TechCrunch]
- The custom military tools are exempt from standard consumer data collection to prevent exposure of sensitive government information.[TechCrunch]
- Anthropic is currently challenging a supply-chain risk designation in court after declining to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use of its AI tools.[TechCrunch]
What remains uncertain
- The outcome of Anthropic's legal challenge against its government supply-chain risk designation remains pending.[TechCrunch]