Hegseth Champions Grok as Pentagon-Ready AI at SpaceX Event

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a SpaceX appearance to tout Grok, xAI’s AI, as a cornerstone of a GenAI.mil push to embed AI across Pentagon networks, promising “war-ready” capabilities and data access while arguing for mission-focused use—despite the article’s note of Grok’s controversial history with extremist content and criticisms of data-security concerns and opposition to “woke” constraints.
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