It is a contract of up to US $ 200 million to “accelerate” the incorporation of AI. The purpose is to respond to “crucial challenges for national security.”
He Pentagonthe headquarters of US Department of Defensewill add to the artificial intelligence of Elon Musk, Grokto your defense program. The purpose is to respond to “crucial challenges” in regards to the security of the northern country.
The announcement of this agreement was made by the company on Monday in X, within the framework of a collaboration program between the company and the Federal Government administrations, known as Grok for Government (Grok for the Government).
After XAI’s announcement, the Department of Defense He indicated that he also reached agreements with Openai, Anthropic and Google to “accelerate” the incorporation of AI and respond to “crucial challenges for national security,” according to a statement.
The Pentagon will add Grok artificial intelligence to its defense program
Each of the four contracts provides A limit of US $ 200 million. He Defense Department It aims to “transform”, thanks to artificial intelligence, “its abilities to support combatants” and “preserve a strategic advantage over (SUS) adversaries.”
The contract between Xai and The Department of Defense occurs in a context of disagreement between Musk and the US president, Donald Trump, for the approval of the budget and fiscal megaley promoted by the Republican.
The Government and the Defense Sector are considered as a possible growth engine for AI giants. Goal was associated with the startup Anduril to develop virtual reality helmets For soldiers and forces of order, while OpenAI He won a first AI services provision contract for the US army in mid -June.
Grok 4: claim that AI resorts to Elon Musk’s opinions to answer questions about sensitive issues
The New version of the XAI Language Modelknown as Grok 4it generated controversy again. Different users warned that the system uses the publications of the entrepreneur Elon Musk in the Social network x To answer questions about complex topics as the conflict between Israel and Palestine, abortion or immigration in USA.
The revelation arose after a series of tests carried out by the specialized medium Tech Crunch, which showed how the assistant agreed to Musk’s own posts To prepare your answers.
In one of the cases, when asked about US immigration policies, Grok 4 activated a reasoning line that included the phrase: “Looking for Elon Musk’s opinion about immigration in the US.”
Source: Ambito
