- The US military has access to the full power of ChatGPT
- It can use the AI chatbot for “all lawful uses”
- ChatGPT will be hosted on government cloud infrastructure
OpenAI has agreed to provide ChatGPT to the US military after months of internal deliberations, marking a major step forward for the OpenAI for Government platform launching in July 2025.
Rather than accessing the consumer-facing ChatGPT interface, the chatbot will be available through GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s secure AI platform, as the military version of ChatGPT will be slightly different from the others.
Safeguards are built in at the model level, but the Pentagon’s ChatGPT will be available for “all legal uses,” meaning it should not be technically restricted.
US Army Gets Its Own ChatGPT
“We believe that those charged with defending the country should have access to the best tools available,” OpenAI wrote. “AI can help protect people, deter adversaries, and prevent future conflicts.”
Although the initial deployment is limited to the US military, OpenAI hinted at broader support for more governments in the future: “Our goal is to help governments use AI effectively and safely. »
In its first version, reserved for the United States, ChatGPT will be slightly modified to handle the department’s unclassified work, running in the government’s cloud infrastructure.
Besides the obvious security measures, the military version of ChatGPT can be used for all the usual reasons, such as summarizing, analyzing, writing assignments, generating reports and much more.
OpenAI did not have the guarantee of the contract, as rival companies Google and xAI were also up for consideration, having agreed to the “all lawful uses” clause. Anthropic reportedly backed down, wanting to have more control over how Claude could be used.
In fact, it could be that Google and xAI tools will be adopted within GenAI.mil or more broadly at the Pentagon in other ways.
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