{"id":6422,"date":"2026-09-01T19:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2026-09-01T19:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:43:56","slug":"the-pentagon-is-giving-3-million-military-and-civilian-workers-access-to-chatgpt-and-grok-through-a-secure-ai-platform-built-for-warfighter-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6422","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon is giving 3 million military and civilian workers access to ChatGPT and Grok through a secure AI platform built for \u2018warfighter needs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Department of War said in a pair of announcements on Monday that the two services will be incorporated into its bespoke AI platform GenAI.mil, which launched in December and originally offered access only to a specialized military version of Google\u2019s Gemini. The department said GenAI.mil already counts 1.7 million of the Department of War\u2019s 3 million-strong workforce, which includes both military members and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6420\">IKEA is spending $1.4 billion to cut prices, joining Walmart and Target in a race to win back shoppers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s Monday announcement comes after it awarded OpenAI and Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceXAI, which runs Grok, defense contracts worth up to $200 million each to provide the department with AI tools. It also awarded contracts at the time to Google and Anthropic.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The military version of ChatGPT, dubbed ChatGPT Mil, is part of OpenAI for Government, an initiative launched last summer meant to bring the company\u2019s AI products to government workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChatGPT on GenAI.mil will make unclassified work throughout the Department more efficient, freeing up time and resources so DoW personnel can focus on the mission,\u201d said Joe Larson, vice president and head of government at OpenAI, in a statement to <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChatGPT Mil brings a familiar commercial experience into the Department\u2019s secure environment, tailored to warfighter needs,\u201d read a press release from the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The specialized version of ChatGPT, which kicked off the AI race when it launched in 2022, will keep data within its environment and not use it to train its models. Service members can use both the specialized versions of ChatGPT and Grok for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) at Impact Level 5 (IL5), which refers to sensitive U.S. government information that is not classified, according to the Pentagon announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of military work is unclassified and deals with document heavy yet routine work in HR, logistics, and contracting, much of which could be aided by ChatGPT\u2019s ability to process large amounts of information, said a person familiar with uses at OpenAI.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for the military version of Grok, or Starshield AI\u2019s Grok for Government, the Pentagon said in its announcement that it will give its personnel access to deep thinking-inference, as well as different levels of reasoning (auto, fast, and expert). It will also enable \u201cthe Joint Force to 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 the announcement read.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The release of ChatGPT and Grok for the military comes as War Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed for AI to become a part of the Pentagon\u2019s daily workflows in line with the White House\u2019s AI action plan, which says, \u201cThe United States must aggressively adopt AI within its Armed Forces if it is to maintain its global military preeminence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6418\">Current price of oil as of September 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Department of War is turning to an \u201cAI-first\u201d mentality in the military that will transform how it fights, thinks, and organizes to guarantee American dominance and security, said a War Department official.<\/p>\n<p>Still, reporting by <em>DefenseScoop<\/em> found in December that the rollout of the Department of War\u2019s GenAI.mil platform, which at the time included only a military version of Google\u2019s Gemini, was hastily done, with some service members and workers unaware of the initiative at launch.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u201cI want YOU to use AI\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>On Dec. 9, the day of the rollout, workers saw a pop-up on their computers with a stylized GenAI.mil logo and the words \u201cI want YOU to use AI\u201d with a link to a government website, <em>DefenseScoop<\/em> reported. The style and suddenness of the launch made at least one unnamed senior army official and the people in their office wonder whether the pop-up was a malicious actor hacking their computers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until the DoW personnel saw a memo circulated by Hegseth, along with videos on social media, in which he declared \u201cThe future of American warfare is here, and it\u2019s spelled AI,\u201d that fears of a cyberattack were dispelled, according to <em>DefenseScoop<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect every member of the Department to log in, learn it, and incorporate it into your workflows immediately. AI should be in your battle rhythm every single day,\u201d Hegseth\u2019s December  read.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notably absent from Monday\u2019s addition of Grok and ChatGPT to GenAI.mil is Anthropic\u2019s Claude. The AI company led by Dario Amodei had a falling out with the Department of War that broke into the public in January when Hegseth, upon announcing the Pentagon would add Grok to its list of generative AI providers, publicly criticized AI models that \u201cwon\u2019t allow you to fight wars,\u201d a jab later revealed to be directed at Anthropic over the company\u2019s push to get the Pentagon to agree not to use its technology for autonomous weapons or surveillance as it negotiated a contract.<\/p>\n<p>In February, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic\u2019s technology in a process meant to wrap up at the latest by the end of this month. Hegseth said at the time he would designate the company a \u201csupply chain risk.\u201d Anthropic sued a month later.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a judge ruled that the Department of War acted unlawfully by designating Anthropic a supply chain risk.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6416\">\u2018We anticipate miles of the pipeline being destroyed\u2019: Roughly 40% of the Grand Canyon\u2019s critical infrastructure damaged from flash floods<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rollout expands the Pentagon\u2019s GenAI.mil platform beyond Gemini as it pushes AI deeper into everyday military work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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