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When nations sharpen their tools, their rivals sharpen faster, and in this age of digital warfare, the front line is not just land or sea, it is algorithms. Inside the Department of Defense (DOD), officials are not watching from the sidelines but racing to rewire the future with artificial intelligence (AI). And the latest spark is the Pentagon unveiling GenAI.mil, its new military-focused AI platform now running on Alphabet's (GOOG) (GOOGL) Gemini.
This week, Google confirmed that Gemini for Government has been chosen as the first enterprise AI backbone for the Pentagon’s massive workforce – nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel. Handpicked by the Chief Digital and AI Office, Gemini’s mission is to supercharge real-time decision-making, streamline operations, and replace creaking legacy systems with modern intelligence.