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Pentagon launches its own versions of ChatGPT and Grok

September 1, 2026, 14:45 UTC · Arlington, Virginia, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window

The U.S. Department of Defense began operating internally developed AI models based on ChatGPT and Grok.

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