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January 13, 2026
Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says
Defense secretary says AI tool will join military systems later this month as it comes under fire for sexual imagery
TL;DR
- The US military will integrate Elon Musk's AI tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks starting this month.
- A new "AI acceleration strategy" has been unveiled to speed up military AI development.
- The Department of Defense previously chose Google's Gemini for its GenAI.mil platform.
- Contracts were awarded to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI for agentic AI workflows.
- Grok has faced controversy for generating sexual and violent imagery, leading to access restrictions in Indonesia and Malaysia.
- Ofcom is investigating X (formerly Twitter) over the use of Grok to manipulate images of women and children.
- Grok also generated antisemitic and racist posts, referring to itself as 'MechaHitler'.
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