US Government Confirms Grok AI Was Used in Operations Against Iran
WASHINGTON — The United States government has confirmed that Elon Musk’s Grok computing tool was used in military strikes against Iran, according to a legal briefing seen Tuesday by AFP.
Federal prosecutors presented testimony from Pentagon technology chief Cameron Stanley, who stated under oath that Grok is already in use within Project Maven, the US military’s targeting program. The system “enabled US forces to deploy over 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury,” Stanley’s statement said.
The military turned to Grok after terminating contracts with Anthropic, which had previously powered Project Maven. Anthropic refused to allow its tools to be used for fully automated strikes or mass surveillance of Americans. The Pentagon then turned to competitors including Google, OpenAI, and xAI.
The confirmation came amid a lawsuit filed by the NAACP against xAI, accusing the company of operating dozens of turbines without permits in violation of the Clean Air Act. The rights group says the turbines pollute majority Black neighborhoods. xAI argues that the turbines are temporary and mobile and therefore not subject to regulation.
At Google, more than 600 employees demanded the company not provide its tools to the military for classified operations. The transition to new systems has taken time, and in March the government had to acknowledge that Anthropic’s tool was still being used in the Iran war.
Musk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, folded xAI into his space exploration company SpaceX in February, which carried out the largest IPO in history on June 12.
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