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.
