On Monday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he plans to integrate Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks later this month. During remarks at the SpaceX headquarters in Texas reported by The Guardian,

Defense Secretary Hegseth announced Grok AI will access Pentagon classified networks amid a global deepfake controversy.

On stage at SpaceX, Defense Secretary "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth announced the Pentagon is all-in on Grok, Elon Musk's large language model with a documented history of generating sexualized content involving minors and referring to itself as "Mecha-Hitler.

"We will win this race by becoming an AI-first war-fighting force across all domains," the Defense Secretary said Monday.

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is set to join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, in a bid to feed as much of the US military’s data as possible into the developing technology.

Pete Hegseth announces ambitious AI initiatives alongside Elon Musk at SpaceX to transform the US military's technology and procurement processes, aiming for a rapid evolution in modern warfare.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out his plan Monday night to toss out the old military industrial complex and replace it with a system built on artificial intelligence and rapid deployment of new technology he said would be focused on “warfighters.