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Pentagon says employees can create their own ‘custom AI assistants’ with new tech

The tool is being integrated with Google Gemini capabilities, according to the announcement.

2 days ago By Jon Harper

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Pentagon names former DOGE employee Gavin Kliger as new chief data officer

Kliger will be tasked with overseeing the Pentagon's widespread adoption of emerging AI capabilities.

6 days ago By Mikayla Easley

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on during a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Experts raise questions and concerns about Pentagon’s threat to blacklist Anthropic amid AI spat

Some warned that such a move would mark an extreme response from the DOD that could have a chilling effect on the broader frontier AI industry.

Feb 27, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, May 23, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Michelle Matos)

Army boots West Point cadet for extorting woman with AI-generated nude images

Cayden Cork threatened to publicly release deepfakes of the woman if she did not send actual nude photos of herself, according to records obtained by DefenseScoop. He…

Feb 26, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

DOD wants AI-enabled coding tools for ‘tens of thousands’ of users in its developer workforce

The products would enable AI-driven code generation, optimization, debugging, support and refinement at the edge.

Feb 26, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Maj. Matthew Martinez (right), Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate information management officer, explains how to find a historical vignette using a generative artificial intelligence tool to Lt. Col. Kellan Travis, CADD Tactics Division doctrine author, Feb. 17, 2026, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (Army photo)

Army says it’s using AI to help produce doctrine, but acknowledges the technology’s flaws

"You treat it like a resourceful and motivated young officer who might not know all the information, but they can certainly assist you in cutting some corners…

Feb 19, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

In this illustration, the Claude AI website is seen on a laptop on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás Maduro. (Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute

His comments come as the Pentagon is locked in a high-stakes dispute with Anthropic about the U.S. military’s use of the startup’s Claude AI model in real-world…

Feb 19, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

The Pentagon (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Marisol Walker)

CDAO invests in AI-enabled translation for military-wide use

The Army’s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation marks one of the first military components reporting impacts from the platform.

Feb 3, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

A member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard reviews a Soldier’s enlisted record brief (ERB) during a centralized promotion board, Feb. 12, 2025, Camp Fogarty, Rhode Island. Conducted without in-person candidates, the board relies heavily on accurate and well-written NCOERs (noncommissioned officer evaluation report) to fairly evaluate and score each promotion file. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terry Rajsombath)

Meet VECTOR: An unofficial soldier-made AI tool the Army suspended pending a ‘compliance review’

VECTOR was created on Army Vantage, a Palantir-made platform intended to improve decision-making by meshing data repositories with machine learning.

Feb 2, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

A poster at the Pentagon, Dec. 12, 2025, lets employees know that a new artificial intelligence tool is available to use at the War Department, and that employees are highly encouraged to use it. (Credit: C. Todd Lopez, DOW)

5 out of 6 military branches have elevated GenAI.mil as their go-to enterprise AI platform

The Pentagon is tracking more than a million unique users on its new commercial generative AI platform, to date.

Feb 2, 2026 By Brandi Vincent