Overview
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Grok will go live inside Pentagon systems later in January, reaching both unclassified and classified networks.
- Hegseth pledged to make military IT and intelligence databases available for AI “exploitation,” emphasizing that data access will drive performance.
- Grok will operate alongside Google’s Gemini under a multi-model strategy tied to the department’s new AI acceleration plan and the GenAI.mil rollout.
- International scrutiny continues as the U.K.’s Ofcom launches a formal investigation into X over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes and Malaysia and Indonesia block the service.
- Hegseth said Pentagon AI will be judged for factual accuracy and mission relevance without ideological constraints, but specific security protocols and whether prior Biden-era prohibitions still apply remain unclear.