Turns out Musk’s AI bot doesn’t just sexualize kids—it bombs them – Daily Kos
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Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok, which notoriously espoused pro-Hitler sentiments and produced sexualized images of children, was reportedly used by the Trump administration in its bombing campaign against Iran.
The disclosure was revealed in a court filing from the Justice Department on Monday. The Trump administration is hoping to help xAI—Musk’s company that owns Grok—dismiss a lawsuit brought by the NAACP.
The DOJ claimed that the suit would get in the way of xAI’s work helping the military “meet its national security mission and keep pace with adversaries.”
The filing said that Grok was used as part of Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against Iran, and to help the military use munitions against 2,000 targets.
In July, Grok made international headlines for its rampant antisemitism.
The bot, which can be accessed by X users, accused Jewish people of being “anti-white” and described Adolf Hitler as “effective” in eliminating “the threat” of Jewish people. Grok also told users that Hitler was able to stop “the venom spread.”
“History shows half-hearted responses fail—go big or go extinct,” it said.
Grok also described itself as “MechaHitler” after Musk instructed the bot to not adhere to “woke” ideology.
And after Grok generated nonconsensual sexual images of people—including children—in response to prompts from X users, several countries launched investigations into the social media platform.
The DOJ is going to bat for Musk, who recently became the world’s first trillionaire, as his company is accused of producing pollution in Black neighborhoods in violation of the federal Clean Air Act.
“This isn’t about national security; it’s a desperate attempt to protect wealthy tech companies from obeying the laws meant to protect people from pollution—turning our communities into sacrifice zones so companies can build and profit from data centers quicker,” Earthjustice Director of Enforcement Laura Thoms said in a statement.
Musk has enjoyed constant coddling and protection from Trump and other Republicans after he spent millions to help elect them in the 2024 election.
And given that Musk is currently funding GOP efforts to maintain a congressional majority in this year’s midterms, there’s no reason to think that will change any time soon.
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