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The Pentagon is throwing $200 million at ‘Grok for Government’ and other AI companies
The Pentagon is set to spend nearly a billion dollars for AI with four major Silicon Valley tech firms, Google, xAI, OpenAI ...
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Pentagon’s $200M Grok Deal: Can Explainable AI Contain Toxic Bias in National Security?
This supercharging of extremist rhetoric will only amplify and encourage the antisemitism that is already surging on X and ...
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Pentagon taps four commercial tech firms to expand military use of AI
Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI — will help the DOD develop AI workflows for key national security missions.
Four AI Powerhouses Land $200M Pentagon Contracts to ‘Support US Warfighters’
The Pentagon awards $200 million contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI to develop AI systems for US defense and ...
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The Pentagon Signs Up for Grok, Days After the Chatbot’s Antisemitic Meltdown
The announcement comes days after Grok spewed antisemitic and racist statements to its users, including praise for Adolf ...
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Pentagon’s Grok Gamble: Can Musk’s AI Outpace Rivals and Outrun Controversy?
Is the Pentagon’s $200 million bet on Grok a masterstroke for American AI supremacy, or a high-stakes experiment with untested technology and ethics? The Department of Defense’s selection of xAI’s ...
Pentagon announces new contract with Musk’s Grok AI just a week after its anti-Semitic turn
In an announcement, Musk’s company, xAI, said it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a form of AI that allows federal, state ...
Pentagon announces it will begin using Grok, X’s AI
The adoption of Grok for the Pentagon marks another lucrative government contract obtained by Elon Musk since President Donald Trump took office.
Musk rejects Tesla-xAI merger, proposes shareholder vote on AI investment instead
Investments into xAI would help Grok better compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT by increasing capital toward research and ...