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The Pentagon has launched versions of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT and xAI\u2019s Grok, giving 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools that have been tailored to \u201cwarfighter needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government \u2014 custom versions of the popular consumer generative AI tools \u2014 are now part of GenAI.mil, a centralized, secure portal launched last year. <\/p>\n
GenAI.mil, which offered Google Gemini when it first launched, is designed to give Department of Defense employees access to commercial frontier AI models without sending sensitive government data through ordinary consumer channels. In particular, the official military version is exempt from the data collection that is difficult to avoid in consumer tech products.<\/p>\n
And according to the Department of Defense, the generative AI portal has proven popular. GenAI.mil has already onboarded more than 1.7 million unique users out of the department\u2019s 3 million personnel, according to the department<\/a>.<\/p>\n These latest additions are part of the Pentagon\u2019s broader effort to use AI tools to accelerate work and give the Department of Defense an edge without sacrificing security. They also highlight the absence of Anthropic\u2019s Claude model and the Pentagon\u2019s effort to work with other companies following its dispute with the frontier lab<\/a>. Anthropic was labeled a supply-chain risk by the Trump administration \u2014 a designation that it is currently fighting in court \u2014 after it refused to give the Pentagon unrestricted use of its AI tools and instead insisted on certain safety guardrails.<\/p>\n ChatGPT Mil, which came out of the company\u2019s OpenAI for Government<\/a> program, will offer an experience familiar to commercial ChatGPT users. The tool will focus on chat, files, projects, and custom GPTs, according to the Defense Department. The tool will also support document-heavy, routine unclassified work such as administrative tasks, logistics, planning, and policy. Other features will be added over time.<\/p>\n The Pentagon positioned Grok\u2019s capabilities and potential uses in much broader and more militaristic terms. <\/p>\n \u201cStarshield AI\u2019s Grok for Government will provide the warfighter with immediate productivity gains, stronger knowledge continuity and more secure and efficient collaboration,\u201d according to the Defense Department\u2019s press release. (SpaceX\u2019s Starshield AI <\/a>is a secure satellite network that uses the company\u2019s existing Starlink tech.)<\/p>\n The department added that Grok would allow its military \u201cto execute missions faster and with greater precision across numerous operational contexts, ranging from market research analysis for acquisition professionals to supply-chain management for logisticians.\u201d<\/p>\n The Pentagon has struck deals with a number of other tech companies<\/a> in a bid to boost its AI capabilities, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Reflection AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n