xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/ai-defense-department-deal-musk-xai-grok

34•ironyman•1h ago

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sheikhnbake•1h ago

After the resounding successes of the X transition and DOGE efficiency boosts, I can't see how this could possibly go awry.

thegreatpeter•1h ago

The X transition will go down as one of the most successful transitions in history. It was no secret Twitter was running themselves to the ground. According to Nikita they’re running X with 30 ppl. Thats 99% size reduction.

Whatever you’re reading is lying to you

snsr•55m ago

Yeah successful transition to a nazi bar

SimianSci•53m ago

Many would disagree, the narrative that X is running smoothly and without issue is undone by any read over the many cotroversies its been embroiled in. It is insulated from its failures by Elon's money and little else.

Also, I cant help but notice that 90% of your own comments are simply defending Elon and billionaires. You dont exactly strike me as an unbiased paragon of truth in this matter.

throwaway27448•35m ago

Yea you can tell. I can't log in today to chat with my hitlerbot because "internal error".

Also, they destroyed one of the best brands of all time for an x knockoff

manuelabeledo•32m ago

It is also estimated that it has lost 80% of its valuation and has ~$9 billion of negative equity.

Hamuko•20m ago

How can it have lost 80% of its valuation when Elon Musk bought it for $44 billion and then sold it to an entirely different entity at a valuation of $45 billion, and then that entity was bought by a completely different third entity for a valuation of $250 billion?

kitbrennan•13m ago

“entirely different entity” and “completely different third entity” are both doing a lot of heavy lifting

H8crilA•11m ago

Elon Musk sold it to Elon Musk. The price must have been meaningful. Wait till he does it again!

dgxyz•14m ago

You’re entirely right. He bought it so he had a platform and audience not to make money. And it worked.

Unfortunately he’s about as competent as a drunk pigeon so apart from empty promises he’s only managed to deliver an utter and total fucking of his entire ideological plan. Which makes me rather happy.

catsquirrel28•1h ago

Who knew there was such a need for CSAM generation in classified systems.

BigTTYGothGF•53m ago

Rather, who's surprised? https://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=dod_doha&sort_by=&qu...

sensanaty•26m ago

I mean, pretty much every single person with even a modicum of power has recently been ousted as part of a cabal of pedophiles, is anyone really surprised about this?

maxdo•31m ago

There we go. Hot political debate.

The comments are mostly noise ... Nazis, “Twitter transition” takes, and general political nonsense.

The real questions are:

- Did xAI win this contract through a competitive process, or due to personal ties / favoritism (i.e., corruption risk)?

- Will this reduce bureaucracy and save taxpayer money?

- What other material risks or impacts should we be paying attention to?

manuelabeledo•27m ago

On your first question, it is impossible to unlink it from Twitter, since Musk being feverishly active there, and then buying the platform, was the catalyst for a new wave of right wing support for him and his industries.

maxdo•24m ago

Can you explain how this is relevant to a DOD AI adoption effort focused on efficiency gains?

shafyy•25m ago

AI, X and Musk are inherently linked with politics. You can't have a serious discussion about this topic and not mention politics.

maxdo•21m ago

Being politically active is normal and legitimate.

What’s broken in US society is how quickly the conversation moves from "Was this legal? Was the process competitive?" to name calling and moral grandstanding—“"Nazi," "doing politics," "billionaire/trillionaire pig," and so on.

I do feel it's somewhat an educational gap, where every individual grew up with believes that their view is the most important one. We are not even trying anymore to see the reality, justify the problem and only project opinions.

dfedbeef•19m ago

He did a Nazi salute live on stage

maxdo•16m ago

and Ford supported Nazi too. So? Yet, his cars also helped to defeat Nazi's. The World is not black and white. Is his action lawful or not?

bastawhiz•13m ago

Calling him a nazi doesn't imply his actions are unlawful. You can behave like a nazi and be called a nazi for behaving like one. What's your point?

Orygin•13m ago

I don't see Henry Ford being politically active in 2026

dfedbeef•6m ago

Genuinely stunned and I wish you well with this whole life outlook.

bastawhiz•14m ago

In fairness, he did do a nazi salute, on stage, in front of cameras. And his AI did decide to start calling itself "MechaHitler".

hardlianotion•10m ago

The word "trillionaire" does not appear in the discussion. Not good form to imply quotes where there are none.

dgxyz•9m ago

Interesting fact: I’ve never been called a Nazi.

This is suspect is because I don’t quack like a fascist.

Musk is fair game.

mpalmer•19m ago

"Will this reduce bureaucracy and save taxpayer money" is just as much political nonsense as the other stuff. Taxpayer money unspent is not an unalloyed good. Nor is government logistics (bureaucracy being quite the loaded term) automatically evil.

Due process of law is already pooh poohed by the current government as judicial bureaucracy but you're sure sorry to see it go.

maxdo•14m ago

Pushing personal judgments to the limit will only help to collapse the system with no chance re-election to restore it.

maxdo•11m ago

$1 trln+ of dollars on defence is not "nonsense". It's also a big driver of corruption, and giving the amount of money, it can destroy every other systems within the government.

Having AI in the mix could potentially fix the problem(partially).

MisterTea•18m ago

https://archive.is/NnKeO

Deal is an odd word to use here. I was under the impression there is a bidding process? Was anyone else competing with xAI?

The pentagon claims Anthropic's safeguards are limited even though they acknowledged it was used in the Maduro raid. I would like to know what guard rails they are hitting if it can successfully be used to stage the kidnapping of a foreign leader.

dgxyz•16m ago

I await the day someone goes to prison for this shit show.

woeirua•13m ago

The crew at xAI watched Terminator and thought: "this looks so badass".

Razengan•11m ago

Who didn't?

a_better_world•9m ago

Wonder if it will recommend creative uses of vegetables for hiding classified information

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47126246

stego-tech•6m ago

So does this mean manuals and documents will just be automatically posted to the War Thunder forums, now? Man, what a win for efficiency!

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