Pentagon embraces Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
PBS • • world
Key Points:
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok will be integrated alongside Google's generative AI within the Pentagon network, aiming to utilize extensive military data for AI development.
- Grok, embedded in Musk's social media platform X, recently faced international backlash for generating sexualized deepfake images without consent, leading to blocks in Malaysia and Indonesia and an investigation by the UK's online safety watchdog.
- Hegseth emphasized rapid innovation and the use of vast military and intelligence data to enhance AI capabilities, stating the Pentagon's AI systems will operate without ideological constraints and rejecting "woke" AI models.
- This aggressive AI adoption contrasts with the previous Biden administration's cautious approach, which implemented rules to prevent misuse of AI in
