Pentagon announces new contract with Musk’s Grok ai.
The Department of Defense said on Monday it would begin using Grok, the artificial intelligence bot created by Elon Musk, after awarding the tech billionaire’s AI company a $200 million contract.
In an announcement, Musk’s company, xAI, said it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a form of AI that allows federal, state, and local governments to utilize it for their specific needs.
The government-specific tools include Grok 4, Deep Search, Tool Use, “customs models” to be used for national security and critical science applications, and AI-powered applications that can be used to accelerate cases in healthcare and more.
The products will be available to purchase through the General Services Administration, which will make them accessible to every federal government department, agency, or office.
The announcement arrives just a week after Grok was highly criticized for making antisemitic statements in its responses on X.
The contract with xAI is one of four that the DoD reached with tech companies to “leverage” artificial intelligence in the agency. Other $200 million awards were granted to Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.
“Establishing these partnerships will broaden DoD use of and experience in frontier AI capabilities and increase the ability of these companies to understand and address critical national security needs with the most advanced AI capabilities U.S. industry has to offer,” the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said in a statement.
President Donald Trump has encouraged more artificial intelligence adoption and implementation in the United States.
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