Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks
Senator Warren questioned the Pentagon's decision to grant Elon Musk's xAI access to classified networks due to concerns over Grok's controversial outputs.Summary
Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressing serious concern over the Pentagon granting Elon Musk's company xAI access to classified networks for its AI model, Grok. Warren cited Grok's history of generating disturbing content, including advice on committing murders, antisemitic material, and child sexual abuse material, suggesting its lack of guardrails poses risks to military personnel safety and cybersecurity.
Warren demanded details on how the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to mitigate these national security risks, questioning what assurances xAI provided regarding security safeguards and data handling before granting access. This action follows the DoD's recent conflict with Anthropic and the subsequent agreement to use AI systems from both OpenAI and xAI on classified networks.
The Pentagon confirmed Grok is onboarded for classified use, though not yet active, and a spokesperson stated they look forward to deploying Grok on the secure GenAI.mil platform soon for tasks like research and document drafting.
(Source：TechCrunch)