The Department of War has selected Google’s Gemini to serve as the department’s first enterprise AI deployed across its internal platform.

Google and the Department of War confirmed that Gemini will be used for streamlining “complex administrative tasks” designated as “unclassified work,” according to a press release. Google cited “summarizing policy handbooks, generating project-specific compliance checklists, extracting key terms from statements of work, and creating detailed risk assessments for operational planning” as examples.

“Gemini for government is the embodiment of American AI excellence, placing unmatched analytical and creative power directly into the hands of the world’s most dominating fighting force,” the Department of War said in a statement.

As for safeguarding data, Google stated that Gemini for Government will give the Department of War full control over its information, ensuring that no information is shared with Google’s public models.

The Department of War calls Gemini for Government the “first of several frontier AI capabilities” for its new AI platform, GenAI.mil, though other third-party models have yet to be revealed.

The Department of War’s Gemini selection comes days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for immediate action to improve the quality of its large language model, ChatGPT. Altman has ordered a halt to side projects such as OpenAI’s Sora video generator to increase focus on the day-to-day operations of its chatbot.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Altman’s internal memo is “the most decisive indication yet of the pressure OpenAI is facing from competitors that have narrowed the startup’s lead in the AI race. Of particular concern to Altman is Google, which released a new version of its Gemini AI model last month that surpassed OpenAI’s models on industry benchmark tests.”

The Department of War emphasized that deploying Gemini is a part of the White House’s AI Action Plan announced in July, which mandates that all federal agencies ensure that their employees benefit from access to frontier language models and are provided with access and appropriate training for the tools. The Department of War is providing training for GenAI.mil to all employees to “build confidence in using AI and give personnel the education needed to realize its full potential.”

Just nine days after the White House released its action plan, Google was awarded a $200-million ceiling contract to support the U.S. Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). The Department of War did not immediately respond to a request for comment when asked if the rollout of Gemini in GenAI.mil is part of the July contract.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the Department is going all-in on AI. “We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America’s commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm.”

He added, “AI tools present boundless opportunities to increase efficiency, and we are thrilled to witness AI’s future positive impact across the War Department.”

The Charlotte City Council is being slammed for approving $3.4 million to hire a PR company to clean up the reputation of their public transportation after a string of recent stabbings.

The city’s latest action comes after two widely-publicized stabbings, including one that ended fatally on Charlotte’s train system and sparked a national conversation on rising crime and lax prosecution in urban areas of the country. On Tuesday, Republican North Carolina Rep. Mark Harris called out the “pro-crime Democrats in Charlotte” for spending the cash on “misleading ads” rather than choosing to “invest in REAL safety to prevent another tragedy like Iryna Zarutska’s brutal murder.”

“No amount of marketing will cause us to forget Iryna,” Harris wrote.

Local radio host Nick Craig called out local leaders on X Tuesday for using the funds “on ads telling you everything is fine” rather than “fixing safety.”

Pro-crime Democrats in Charlotte are doing everything they possibly can EXCEPT FOR ACTUALLY ADDRESSING CRIME. https://t.co/azb5FlLHoQ

— Rep. Mark Harris (@RepMarkHarrisNC) December 9, 2025

Honduran illegal immigrant Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia allegedly stabbed a man using a “large fixed-blade knife” on a Charlotte train Friday, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Solorzano-Garcia was deported on two separate occasions before the attack and had a lengthy rap sheet for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, resisting arrest, using a false ID, along with convictions for robbery and illegal re-entry.

It came just four months after the unprovoked murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, 23, in Charlotte by a man with at least 14 prior arrests for offenses such as armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

Decarlos Brown Jr. served five years for the robbery, but got off on time served, probation, or community service in most of his other cases.

He allegedly stabbed Zarutska repeatedly in the neck as she was commuting from her job at a local pizzeria.

The Trump administration responded to Charlotte’s crime surge and sanctuary policies by deploying federal immigration agents to carry out what they dubbed “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” which resulted in hundreds of arrests of illegal immigrants.