# The Department of Defense is expanding its use of Google's Gemini artificial intelligence model.

*genai · news · 2026-04-28 · CNBC*

## Key points

- The Pentagon is expanding its use of Google's Gemini AI model for classified projects.
- The DOD dropped Anthropic as a supplier, designating it as a supply chain risk.
- A federal appeals court upheld the DOD’s blacklisting of Anthropic, preventing DOD contracts.
- More than 700 Google employees petitioned CEO Sundar Pichai to reject classified government workloads.
- Gemini is reportedly saving warfighters thousands of man hours every week, according to DOD.

**Companies:** Google, OpenAI
**Countries:** United States

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