Pentagon Chooses Musk’s Grok for Defense AI, Amid Global Backlash and Safety Scrutiny

The Pentagon will deploy Elon Musk’s Grok AI inside its networks, integrating it with Google’s generative AI and feeding military IT and intelligence data to build leading AI models across unclassified and classified systems. The move signals a push to accelerate military AI capabilities despite ongoing backlash over Grok’s past sexualized deepfakes, antisemitic content, and regulatory probes abroad, raising concerns about civil rights protections and governance in handling such powerful technology.