IBL News | New York
OpenAI introduced its ChatGPT Gov program, a new tailored version of ChatGPT similar to its Enterprise offer, designed to provide U.S. government agencies with an additional way to access the company’s frontier models.
“We believe the U.S. government’s adoption of AI can boost efficiency and productivity and is crucial for maintaining and enhancing America’s global leadership in this technology,” said the company in a blog post.
Government agencies can deploy ChatGPT Gov in their own Microsoft Azure commercial cloud or Azure Government cloud on top of Microsoft Azure’s OpenAI.
ChatGPT Gov includes the GPT-4o flagship model, Custom GPTs that employees can build and share, and an administrative console for CIOs and IT teams to manage users, groups, Custom GPTs, and single sign-on (SSO).
OpenAI claimed that since 2024, over 90,000 users across 3,500 federal, state, and local government agencies are using ChatGPT daily. Among those agencies, it mentioned
Since 2024, more than 90,000 users across more than 3,500 US federal, state, and local government agencies have sent over 18 million messages on ChatGPT to support their day-to-day work, including:
- Air Force Research Laboratory. It uses ChatGPT Enterprise for administrative use cases, including improving access to internal resources, basic coding, and supporting AI education efforts.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory. It’s leveraging ChatGPT Enterprise for bioscientific research and innovation.
- State of Minnesota’s Enterprise Translations Office. It uses ChatGPT Team to deliver translation services to the state’s multilingual communities, significantly reducing costs and turnaround times.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Its employees use ChatGPT Enterprise to reduce the time spent on routine tasks, such as analyzing project requirements and other elements of their work.
