The US military has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and xAI's Grok into its GenAI.mil platform, expanding its capabilities for defense operations. The platform, which previously featured Google Gemini, now includes two additional AI models to support administrative tasks, logistics, and procurement analysis. The Department of Defense reported that more than 1.7 million users access the platform among its over three million employees and military personnel. Both models operate in a secure environment, isolated from their commercial versions to prevent data leaks. No user data is collected from the platform, ensuring privacy and security for government users. The Pentagon emphasized that the secure environment prevents sensitive data from being exposed to external systems. The integration of these models is part of the military's broader strategy to enhance operational efficiency through AI. The Pentagon pitches Grok in more military-flavored terms, citing procurement analysis and supply chain management as use cases. Both tools run in a dedicated secure environment, walled off from their commercial versions so no sensitive government data leaks out. No user data is collected either. Ad Anthropic's Claude is still missing from the platform. The company refused to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use and was classified as a supply chain risk by the Trump administration. A court ruled that classification unlawful in late August. Ad AI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive 'AI Radar' frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section. now
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