Pentagon to Integrate Grok AI Into Military Networks Under New AI Acceleration Strategy

Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the US military will integrate Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot into Pentagon networks, operating on both unclassified and classified systems. The announcement is part of the Pentagon's third AI acceleration strategy in four years, which establishes seven "pace-setting projects" designed to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles and assert US leadership in military AI. Hegseth stated that "very soon we will have the world's leading AI models on every unclassifi