The US Department of Defense officially launched GenAI.mil, a secure portal integrating custom versions of ChatGPT and Grok for its 3 million civilian and military personnel. ^[1] According to Department of Defense data, the GenAI.mil portal has recorded over 1.7 million unique users out of the total 3 million personnel in the department. ^[2] GenAI.mil is designed to allow Department of Defense employees to access leading commercial AI models without the risk of sending sensitive government data through consumer channels. ^[3] Starshield AI's Grok for Government is intended to provide warfighters with immediate productivity gains, stronger knowledge continuity, and more secure collaboration. ^[4] The models are custom variants of OpenAI's ChatGPT and xAI's Grok, offered through the Pentagon's GenAI.mil platform. ^[5] Grok for Government, positioned through SpaceX's Starshield AI network, is expected to provide direct productivity benefits for soldiers and faster mission execution. ^[6] The Pentagon previously designated Anthropic a supply chain risk for refusing to allow the use of Claude for autonomous weapon systems and mass domestic surveillance. ^[7]