Bulletin world briefing: How Elon Musk’s Grok AI was used to strike Iran
The Pentagon admitted using Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot to launch strikes on Iran, marking the first known military use of the AI system in combat operations.…
Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder of OpenAI (2015, left the board in 2018) who later founded xAI in 2023. He also owns X (formerly Twitter) and leads Tesla and SpaceX.
The Pentagon admitted using Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot to launch strikes on Iran, marking the first known military use of the AI system in combat operations.…
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A court filing alleges the Pentagon used Elon Musk's Grok AI, developed by xAI, to launch over 2,000 missiles at Iran in a 96-hour period, marking a significant escalation in U.S.-Iran conflict and hi…
The Pentagon disclosed in a federal court filing that Elon Musk's Grok chatbot helped strike 2,000 targets in Iran within 96 hours, using the claim to defend xAI against a Clean Air Act lawsuit over a…
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The Pentagon admitted using Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to launch over 2,000 munitions at targets in Iran within 96 hours, according to a senior US defense official. The admission came in a sworn stateme…
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The Pentagon's artificial intelligence chief revealed in a sworn statement that Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot was used to fire over 2,000 missiles at 2,000 distinct targets in Iran within 96 hours. The …
The U.S. military used Elon Musk's AI model Grok to select targets during airstrikes in Iran, deploying over 2,000 munitions in 96 hours. The Justice Department revealed this in a court filing to bloc…
A blogger argues that artificial intelligence reflects society's demonic desires, warning that those who created it will be consumed by it. The post cites Elon Musk's 2014 quote about 'summoning the d…
The Pentagon confirmed that Elon Musk's xAI Grok chatbot was used in US military strikes against Iran, helping target over 2,000 munitions in 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury. Pentagon AI chief Cam…
The US Justice Department filed to intervene in a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI on June 16, arguing that unpermitted natural gas turbines at its Mississippi data center are essential f…
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The Trump administration is intervening in a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that the NAACP's lawsuit threatens a data center powering Grok systems used by the military. The US …