Pentagon officials claim generative AI trims congressional reporting time. During a House Appropriations hearing, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine outlined how the Defense Department’s Gen AI.mil platform, powered by Google Cloud’s Gemini, lets analysts convert raw data into full reports in hours instead of months. The system debuted December 2025 today.

Earlier testimony from Deputy Assistant Secretary Jacob Glassman showed the tool’s impact. He told a short‑staffed team to use Gen AI.mil; a week later they delivered a report praised as “the best we’ve written in five years.” 1.5 million DoD personnel now access the platform, up from 80,000 in late 2025 for the military force today.

Critics warn that AI‑generated content can mislead without human oversight. A KPMG report surfaced errors that forced the firm to retract its findings, highlighting the risk to congressional accountability. The Pentagon has yet to disclose how it vets its AI drafts, raising questions about the accuracy of reports that shape defense spending decisions for policy.

Amid a $1.5 trillion 2027 budget request, DoD’s AI push aligns with broader federal contracts. Agreements with eight leading AI firms, including SpaceX, OpenAI, and Microsoft, aim to deploy tools on classified networks. Whether the technology delivers timely, reliable briefings remains untested, but the shift signals a new era in defense reporting practices for the future.