The Pentagon has found a way to do its homework faster. The US Department of Defense is now using generative AI to draft congressionally mandated reports, compressing what used to take roughly 200 hours of staff labor into approximately five hours of machine-assisted work.

Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael showcased the capability during a Hudson Institute event in Washington, DC, on June 12. He pointed to AI-generated congressional reports as a flagship example of how the DoD, rebranded as the Department of War under the Trump administration, has embraced generative AI at scale.

From 80,000 to 1.5 million users in six months

The tool powering this shift is GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s bespoke generative AI platform. When it launched in December 2025, it had around 80,000 users. By mid-June 2026, that number had ballooned to 1.5 million daily active users, an almost 19x increase in roughly six months.

The platform is now accessible to approximately 3.5 million eligible personnel across all six military branches. Nearly half of the eligible workforce is using it on a daily basis.

Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government was the first model deployed on the platform, operating at Impact Level 5, meaning it meets the security standards required for handling controlled unclassified information and certain categories of sensitive national security data. Since launch, the Pentagon has expanded the platform to include models from OpenAI and xAI. The initiative aligns with the White House AI Action Plan, and the DoD’s stated goal is to become an “AI-first” organization.

The 200-hour problem

The DoD produces hundreds of congressionally mandated reports every year, covering everything from weapons procurement to cybersecurity readiness. Each one historically required significant staff time that could consume 200 hours or more. The AI-assisted drafting phase synthesizes large volumes of existing data into coherent prose, with the reports still requiring human review and approval before submission.

What this means for tech and AI markets

Google Cloud securing the initial contract for Gemini for Government at IL5 was a significant win for Alphabet’s cloud division. The subsequent inclusion of OpenAI and xAI models suggests the DoD is building a competitive marketplace within its own infrastructure.

The Pentagon’s GenAI.mil platform has no connection to crypto assets or blockchain protocols. No decentralized AI infrastructure or cryptocurrency payment rails are part of the current architecture, and there is no indication that is about to change.