Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran, says U.S. government
Pentagon officials said the chatbot helped deploy more than 2,000 munitions to 2,000 targets during a 96-hour strike campaign.
- In court filings on Monday, the Pentagon revealed its reliance on Elon Musk's Grok Gov Model for Project Maven, the military's AI-assisted targeting program currently deployed in Iran operations.
- The Pentagon shifted to Grok after terminating contracts with Anthropic, which refused to allow its Claude model for fully automated strikes or domestic surveillance operations.
- Pentagon AI chief Cameron Stanley stated Grok enabled American forces to deploy more than 2,000 munitions at 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury, though faulty intelligence allegedly led to at least 175 deaths in Minab.
- Arguing that the case threatens national security, the Department of Justice is asking a Mississippi judge to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit claiming Musk's xAI operates at least 57 turbines without Clean Air Act permits.
- Several Democrats in Congress, including Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, are proposing legislation to restrict military AI use and ensure human commanders maintain control over life-and-death decisions, citing concerns about the Pentagon's deployment of powerful AI without commonsense guardrails.
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Musk's AI tool Grok was used to help fire 2,000 munitions at Iran
A Pentagon official revealed in a court filing earlier this week that the US military used a version of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, to help carry out attacks on Iran. Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI officer, wrote in a sworn statement to a federal court in Mississippi that the US military “relies on derivatives of” Musk-run xAI’s “commercial […] The post Musk’s AI tool Grok was used to help fire 2,000 mun…
Musk's Grok chatbot used to launch thousands of missiles at Iran: Pentagon AI chief
The statements were used as evidence in efforts by the Trump administration’s to preserve the xAi data center near Memphis, where the NAACP alleges the company is illegally polluting the air.
Elon Musk's AI Tool Grok Was Used in Strikes Against Iran, Says US Govt
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran, the United States government revealed in a legal briefing seen Tuesday by AFP. The June 15 brief defends the gas turbines used by a giant data center belonging to the trillionaire's company xAI, which are the target of an environmental lawsuit.
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