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Pentagon Launches Google Gemini-Powered Military AI Platform

GenAI.mil deploys Google Gemini AI tools to 3 million DoD personnel, aiming to enhance productivity, intelligence analysis, and warfighting capabilities securely.

  • On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the launch of GenAI.mil portal, powered by Google Gemini for Government as the first AI capability across the Defense Department.
  • Developed by the CDAO Rapid Capabilities Cell launched earlier this year, GenAI.mil aims to build an AI-first DoD workforce and accelerate AI adoption for enterprise, intelligence, and warfighting.
  • For security, the Pentagon says the platform requires a DoD common access card, and all tools are certified for CUI and IL5, with web-grounding and agentic workflows.
  • The rollout will give 3 million civilian and military personnel access to advanced AI tools under a $200,000,000 Google Public Sector contract, raising concerns over data concentration in private AI platforms.
  • Declaring the program transformational, Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary, said `The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI`, while Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, said the rollout aids over 3 million personnel and noted other vendors like OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI were considered for GenAI.mil.
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The Pentagon has taken an important step in integrating artificial intelligence into military operations with the launch of GenAI.mil, a generational artificial intelligence platform that will initially use Google Cloud Gemini as its first available tool. According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, this initiative is designed to make “our fighting force more lethal than ever.” “The future of the American war is here, and it is written with AI. …

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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