Google’s Gemini-powered AI agents will be used to automate routine tasks for the War Department’s roughly three million civilian and military personnel, according to Bloomberg News.
The agents will initially run on unclassified networks and allow users to create digital assistants using natural-language instructions, according to Emil Michael, under secretary of defense for research and engineering. The tools can summarize meetings, generate budgets, check plans against the national defense strategy and assist with operational planning.
The rollout builds on the War Department’s GenAI.mil portal, which has already been adopted by about 1.2 million employees since launching in December. Users have submitted roughly 40 million prompts and uploaded more than four million documents, according to Pentagon officials.
The initiative is part of a broader push to accelerate AI adoption across the U.S. military. The Pentagon has recently signed agreements with OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI to operate models on restricted government networks, expanding the range of AI systems available to defense personnel.
At the same time, the department’s relationship with Anthropic has deteriorated after it labeled the company a supply-chain risk following disagreements over limits on military uses of its technology. Anthropic has filed a lawsuit challenging the designation.
Defense officials said training programs are expanding to help users safely deploy AI tools and reduce errors such as hallucinations.