A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department.
xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing of the announcement is striking given Grok’s recent high-profile spiral, which drew congressional ire and public pushback. The use of technology, and especially AI, in the defense space has long been a controversial topic even within the tech industry, and Musk’s prior involvement in slashing federal government contracts through his work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) still raises questions about potential conflicts — though his relationship with President Donald Trump has more recently soured, and Trump’s administration has claimed Musk would step back from any potential conflicts while at DOGE.
They took the mechahitler thing as a feature. Not a bug.
They weren’t sure whether Grok will fit into the culture and agenda of the US government but the MechaHitler incident reassured them.
‘MechaHitler’ incident
Government: Shut up and take my money!
I bet MechaHitler was what really cinched the deal.
more and more its looking like the trump/musk dustup was play acting.
‘Flooding the zone’
You fools, billionaires in US have a “pass” to be antisemitic, racist, rapists, violate laws/copyright, create tools of oppression/surveillance/weapons or fund war crimes.
I mean gotta have an AI to match the concentration camps
These people are allowed to do anything and not be held accountable by anybody. Failed democracy.
Now all we need is somebody to play the part of B.J Blazkowicz
