Event Brief
GenAI.mil reaches about 500,000 heavy users in Pentagon push
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Sep 24, 2026 at 4:00 AM ET
UPDATED Sep 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Summary: A senior Pentagon official said about 500,000 people are heavy users of the Defense Department’s enterprise AI platform, GenAI.mil, out of 1.7 million users. The platform, introduced in December for service members, DoD civilians and contractors, has been adopted across the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Space Force, and last month added Grok and ChatGPT.
WHO: James Mazol, deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering
WHAT: Pentagon officials reported GenAI.mil has about 500,000 heavy users and highlighted the platform’s adoption and added frontier models.
WHEN: Sep 23, 2026
WHERE: Location not specified
WHY: The remarks were made during the DefenseTalks conference update on the department’s adoption of AI and frontier models.
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