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Pentagon: xAI's Grok chatbot supported over 2,000 missile strikes

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The Pentagon has disclosed that its Grok chatbot, developed by xAI, was utilized to support over 2,000 missile strikes. This information emerged from a sworn filing by Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon's chief digital and artificial intelligence officer. The chatbot was reportedly used to deploy munitions at distinct targets within a 96-hour period through the government's Maven Smart Systems platform. AI

IMPACT Raises significant ethical and policy questions regarding the use of AI in lethal autonomous weapons systems.

RANK_REASON Disclosure of a government entity using a generative AI chatbot for military operations. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Pentagon: xAI's Grok chatbot supported over 2,000 missile strikes

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Let’s Data Science: Pentagon Says Grok Supported 2,000 Missile Strikes . “According to reporting by Yahoo and The Independent, Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s c

    Let’s Data Science: Pentagon Says Grok Supported 2,000 Missile Strikes . “According to reporting by Yahoo and The Independent, Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, wrote in a sworn filing that Grok, a generative chatbot developed by x…

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