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| Pentagon Adds OpenAI's ChatGPT and Elon Musk's Grok to Military AI Portal |
| 2026-09-03 |
| [BB] TechCrunch reports that the Pentagon has launched military versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Elon Musk’s Grok, giving the department’s 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools built around what officials describe as “warfighter needs.” The two tools, ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government, join GenAI.mil, a secure portal the Pentagon launched last year so War Department employees can use commercial AI models without sending sensitive data through consumer channels. The military versions skip the data collection practices common in consumer tech products. GenAI.mil started out with Google Gemini. Since then it has signed up more than 1.7 million unique users out of the department’s 3 million personnel, according to the Department of War. One name is missing from the lineup: Anthropic’s Claude. The Trump administration labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a designation the company is fighting in court, and the dispute with the Pentagon traces back to Anthropic’s refusal to grant unrestricted use of its AI tools without certain safety guardrails. ChatGPT Mil comes out of OpenAI’s OpenAI for Government program and, per the War Department, covers chat, files, projects and custom GPTs. It’s built for document-heavy, routine unclassified work such as administrative tasks, logistics, planning and policy, with more features planned over time. Grok for Government is branded under SpaceX’s Starshield AI, which runs on a secure satellite network using Starlink technology. A Department of War press release put it this way: “Starshield AI’s Grok for Government will provide the warfighter with immediate productivity gains, stronger knowledge continuity and more secure and efficient collaboration.” Beyond OpenAI and xAI, the Pentagon has also struck AI-related deals with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Nvidia and Reflection AI. |
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