Air-gapped classified deployments prove that trustworthy AI must carry its own accountability, because behind the air gap there is no vendor cloud to supervise it.
AI earns its place on classified networks only when accountability is built into the system itself. The US Department of Defense's May 2026 GenAI.mil clearances confirm the pattern: models go to the data, the data never leaves, and oversight must live inside the enclave.
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