The Department of Defense (DOD) is set to begin using Elon Musk's controversial chatbot Grok, according to a Monday announcement by the tech billionaire's startup xAI.

The statement came as xAI unveiled its new "Grok for Government" model, described as a "suite of products that make our frontier models available to United States Government customers."

Why It Matters

The Pentagon's decision comes amid increased scrutiny of Grok's behavior after recent antisemitic and pro-Hitler responses generated by the chatbot on Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter. Last week, Grok posted several messages invoking Adolf Hitler in response to user prompts, including referring to itself as "MechaHitler," and making references to Jewish surnames in the context of left-wing activism. xAI responded by removing the posts, banning hate speech before Grok publishes to X, and issuing a statement that it was "actively working to remove the inappropriate posts" and improving its training models. Linda Yaccarino, then CEO of X, resigned shortly after the controversy.

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