The Defense Department on Tuesday launched a major push to get military personnel, civilian employees and contractors to use generative artificial intelligence capabilities , located on its own website.

Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government is the first AI capability to be launched on GenAI.mil, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a video posted on social media Tuesday.

“The future of American warfare is here, and it’s spelled AI,” Hegseth said in the video.

“This platform [GenAI.mil] puts the world’s most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior,” he said.

Users must have a common access card from the department to log onto GenAI.mil; it cannot be accessed by unauthorized personnel.

Hegseth said the department is

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