# Bulletin world briefing: How Elon Musk’s Grok AI was used to strike Iran

> Source: <https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/bulletin-world-briefing-wednesday-17-june-2026-b2997707.html>
> Published: 2026-06-17 15:53:13+00:00

# Bulletin world briefing: How Elon Musk’s Grok AI was used to strike Iran

- Pentagon admits using
[Elon Musk’s chatbot to launch strikes on Iran](/bulletin/news/grok-iran-ai-elon-musk-b2997502.html) - Huge 6.7-magnitude
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[who died in Hong Kong inferno](/bulletin/news/hong-kong-firefighter-asteroid-ho-wai-ho-b2997385.html) - Vietnam police rescue
[hundreds of stolen pet cats from meat trade](/bulletin/news/vietnam-cat-meat-theft-rescue-ho-chi-minh-b2997720.html) - Episodes of Bluey to be
[dubbed in Indigenous Australian language](/bulletin/news/bluey-episodes-indigenous-language-yolnu-matha-b2997447.html)

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