The U.S. Army has built its first AI chatbot for soldiers, training it on classified data from active combat operations in Ukraine and Iran in a move that signals a decisive break from the Pentagon's reliance on commercial AI tools.
In an exclusive WIRED interview with Alex Miller, the Army's chief technology officer, unveiled a prototype of the system, called Victor. The platform pairs a Reddit-style peer forum with an AI chatbot called VictorBot, designed to help troops retrieve mission-specific knowledge without having to file formal requests through the military chain of command.
