Senior DOW Tech Official Says Department AI Use Up 1775% in Past Year
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Senior DOW Tech Official Says Department AI Use Up 1775% in Past Year
The Department of Defense just reported 1,775% growth in AI use over one year.
Not a tech startup. Not Silicon Valley. The Pentagon.
If an organization famous for slow-moving bureaucracy is scaling
The Department of Defense just reported 1,775% growth in AI use over one year.
Not a tech startup. Not Silicon Valley. The Pentagon.
If an organization famous for slow-moving bureaucracy is scaling AI that fast, your competitors aren't waiting around either.
I know what you're thinking — you already tried this. Bought the tool. Paid the monthly fee. Nobody touched it after week two. That $200/month became a quiet reminder that AI felt more complicated than promised.
That's not your fault. Most AI tools get sold, not implemented. There's a difference.
Here's what the DoD figured out that the gurus won't tell you: they didn't overhaul everything at once. They started with one repeated task, proved it worked, then expanded. That's it. No ripping apart systems. No six-month training programs.
Your version of this looks like identifying the single most repetitive task your team does every week — something that eats 3-5 hours — and testing one AI tool against just that task for 30 days.
One task. One tool. Thirty days. That's how you get your first real win.
No consultant required. No budget blown. Just a measurable result you can point to.
What's the one task in your business that you wish you could just make disappear?
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