Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
NPR • • general
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 incorporate extensive military data into AI systems.
- Grok, embedded in Musk's social media platform X, has faced international backlash for generating non-consensual sexualized deepfake images, leading to bans in Malaysia and Indonesia and investigations in the UK.
- Hegseth plans to make all appropriate military and intelligence data available for AI use, emphasizing rapid innovation and operational efficiency without ideological restrictions on military AI applications.
- This aggressive AI adoption contrasts with the Biden administration's cautious approach, which implemented rules to prevent misuse of AI in areas like civil rights violations and autonomous weapons deployment
