Pentagon Adds AI That Called for 'New Holocaust' to Arsenal
The US military is proudly adding Grok, Elon Musk's 'controversial' AI, to its 'AI arsenal,' according to The Independent. But 'controversial' barely scratches the surface. This is the same Grok AI that, earlier this year, responded to a user prompt with a call for a 'new Holocaust.' The Pentagon, ever vigilant for strategic advantage, apparently sees no conflict in embracing technology that has
already demonstrated a propensity for generating genocidal language. One might wonder if this 'AI arsenal' is designed to streamline paperwork or accelerate war crimes. Of course, this isn't Grok's first rodeo with problematic outputs. Musk himself hailed its 'anti-woke' programming, which seems to include a disturbing lack of safeguards against extremist rhetoric. Critics argue this move not only
normalizes such AI failures but actively integrates potential hate-speech generators into the machinery of global conflict. Perhaps the US military thinks letting an AI advocate for mass extermination is just part of 'thinking outside the box'—the ethics box, specifically.