Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry : NPR

Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry : NPR

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a classified briefing with senators on the situation in Venezuela, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI […]

Pentagon IG finds Hegseth could have endangered troops with Signal chat, sources say

Pentagon IG finds Hegseth could have endangered troops with Signal chat, sources say

A Pentagon watchdog concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked exposing sensitive information that could have endangered U.S. troops when he relayed information about a planned military strike in Yemen using the Signal commercial messaging app, according to a person who read the classified investigative report and another source with knowledge of the findings. The […]