Chuck Schumer Demands DoD Explain $200 Million Contract For xAI After Grok Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'

Forbes Breaking News

During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about a contract that was awarded to Elon Musk days after Grok AI created a series of antisemitic posts.

Transcript

00:00Now on DOD and Grok AI.

00:03Just days after Elon Musk's AI model, Grok, glorified Hitler, pushed Nazi propaganda,

00:10and spouted anti-Semitism, Elon Musk's company was handed a $200 million DOD contract to

00:17deploy Grok, to deploy Grok in our national defense systems.

00:23Soon, the same AI model that called itself Mecha-Hitler and recommended a second holocaust

00:31will be used in the Pentagon to address critical national security challenges.

00:39This Musk contract is not just wrong, it is not just offensive, it's dangerous.

00:45The Trump administration must explain how this happened, the parameters of the deal, and why

00:50they think our national security isn't worth meeting a higher standard.

Category

Transcript

Recommended