Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran: US govt

The US government revealed that Elon Musk's AI tool, Grok, developed by his company xAI, is being used in military operations against Iran, specifically within Project Maven, the US military's AI-assisted targeting program. This information came to light in a legal brief defending xAI's data center turbines, which are the target of an environmental lawsuit filed by the NAACP. The Department of Justice argued that shutting down the power supply for this AI innovation would threaten national security. The Pentagon shifted to xAI, Google, and OpenAI after terminating contracts with Anthropic due to their refusal to allow fully automated strikes or mass surveillance, highlighting the growing role of private AI in military applications and the ethical concerns surrounding it.