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Washington used "Grok" of the X platform in its war against Iran


Revealed The US government, in a legal memorandum seen by Agence France-Presse, said that it used a program "Grok" For the artificial intelligence of Elon Musk’s X platform, at Launching strikes on Iran during the war in the Middle East.

The memo, dated June 15, defends gas turbines used in a massive data center belonging to Musk "X.A.I" (xAI), which is facing an environmental lawsuit.

Support for Military Operations

The Department of Justice stated in the memorandum that the lawsuit "It threatens America’s national, economic, and energy security by seeking to cut off…" target="_blank">Energy SupplyOn innovation in artificial intelligence that supports the War Department’s military operations"

To support this argument, federal prosecutors presented testimony from Pentagon artificial intelligence official Cameron Stanley, in which he stated that "Grok" It is used in a frame "Project Maven"It is an American military targeting program enhanced by artificial intelligence.

The project was initially based on a model "Claude" Produced by Anthropic.

Two thousand ammunition fired

Stanley’s testimony stated that the systems "Maven Smart Systems" (Maven Intelligent Systems) "US forces were able to fire more than 2,000 munitions at 2,000 different targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Rage."This is the name that Washington gave to the war that it started with Israel on February 28.

Stanley praised "The greatly improved operational efficiency enabled by the GROK model of government"

Without a license

The Civil Rights Defending Association filed a lawsuit against "xai"It accuses it of operating dozens of turbines without a license and violating the Clean Air Act.

In February, the US government terminated its contracts with "Anthropic"After it refused to allow its tools to be used to carry out fully automated strikes or to conduct mass surveillance of Americans.

The US Department of Defense then resorted to the company’s competitors, such as Google, Open AI, and"xai".

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