BlockBeats News: On January 13, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to fully integrate the Grok artificial intelligence system developed by xAI into the Pentagon's network by the end of this month, covering approximately 3 million military and civilian personnel. The tool will be deployed alongside Google's Gemini system on the GenAI.mil platform at the highest security level (Impact Level 5), providing dynamic intelligence support for military operations and planning through real-time data scraping from the X platform.
Hegseth called the move a "decisive advantage," highlighting it as a key component of his strategy to rapidly apply artificial intelligence across the defense system without ideological constraints. However, critics have raised concerns about risks such as system errors, algorithmic bias, and the potential influence of Musk on defense decision-making.
