The US military gets its own ChatGPT today

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A U.S. Air Force captain from the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office delivers training on building AI agents to sailors at U.S. Pacific Fleet on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on July 21, 2026. U.S Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Sypert

ByPatrick Tucker,
Science & Technology Editor

August 31, 2026 05:04 PM ET

After months of security testing, Pentagon adds an OpenAI product to the list of AI tools approved for unclassified work.

The Pentagon’s main portal for AI tools now offers ChatGPT alongside Google Gemini, officials are set to announce today.

A Defense Department official said the OpenAI product, dubbed ChatGPT Mil, would bring new strengths to GenAI.mil, where troops and defense civilians can use generative-AI tools to work on controlled, unclassified information, or CUI.

“Gemini, I like for search functionality or scraping certain sources. Chat for...

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