U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Monday at SpaceX that Grok, the AI chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, will be integrated into Pentagon networks as part of GenAI.mil alongside Google’s generative AI system. 🤖
Grok is embedded in the X platform and has been in the spotlight recently after users flooded X with sexualized content of women and minors generated by its image tools. To address the issue, xAI has restricted Grok’s image generation and editing features to paid users only.
“We are excited to announce the next frontier AI model company to join GenAI.mil and that is Grok from xAI. Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI on every unclassified and classified network through our department,” said Hegseth. Grok will officially enter the department systems later this month, with relevant data from military IT available to the AI model.
This move is part of the US Department of War’s AI Acceleration Strategy, launched this year to boost innovation and sharpen military capabilities by weaving AI into the armed forces’ operations.
By bringing Grok on board, the Pentagon aims to speed up data analysis, enhance decision-making, and keep pace with a global AI arms race. But it also raises questions about data security, ethics, and the human role in military decisions. 🔍
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