The United States government has disclosed that Grok, the artificial intelligence platform developed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company xAI, was deployed in military operations linked to Iran.
The revelation emerged in a legal filing submitted by the US Department of Justice on June 15 as part of an ongoing court battle involving xAI’s large-scale data centre operations.
According to the filing, federal authorities argued that efforts to halt the operations of the company’s data infrastructure could undermine critical national interests. The government maintained that the facilities play a significant role in supporting artificial intelligence systems currently being used by the US military.
As part of its defence, the Justice Department presented testimony from Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief official overseeing artificial intelligence programmes.
Stanley stated under oath that Grok is now integrated into Project Maven, a military initiative that uses AI to assist in identifying and selecting targets during combat operations.
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