- The US military provided access to the full power of ChatGPT
- It can use the AI chatbot for “all lawful uses”
- ChatGPT will be hosted on the government’s cloud infrastructure
OpenAI has agreed to provide ChatGPT to the US military after months of internal deliberations, marking a major advance for the OpenAI for Government platform launched in July 2025.
Instead of accessing the consumer-facing ChatGPT interface, the chatbot will be accessible through GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s secure AI platform, because the military’s version of ChatGPT will be slightly different from others.
Safeguards are built in at the model level, but the Pentagon’s ChatGPT will be available for “all lawful uses,” meaning it should not be technically restricted.
US military scores its own ChatGPT
“We believe that the people responsible for 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 rollout is only for 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 US-only guise, ChatGPT will be tweaked slightly to handle the department’s unclassified work running in the government’s cloud infrastructure.
Besides the obvious security measures, the military’s version of ChatGPT can be used for all the usual reasons, such as summarizing, analyzing, drafting work, generating reports, and more.
OpenAI was not guaranteed the contract, as rival companies Google and xAI were also considered after agreeing to the “all lawful use” clause. Anthropic had reportedly pushed back and wanted more control over how Claude could be used.
Indeed, it may be that Google and xAI tools may be adopted within GenAI.mil or more broadly across the Pentagon in other ways.
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