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Pentagon to plug Grok into classified networks

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Edward Targett
By  Edward Targett
Updated / Published 4 min read
Pentagon to plug Grok into classified networks
Image credit: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Justin Norton, Department of War.

The US Department of War plans to connect Elon Musk’s Grok AI models – and others – to “every classified and unclassified network throughout our department,” according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth has also ordered all military departments to “update federated data catalogs exposing their system interfaces, data assets, and access mechanisms across all classification levels… [and] deliver their current catalogs” to the department’s Chief Digital and AI Office within 30 days.*

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  • Edward Targett

    Edward Targett

    Ed is a co-founder of The Stack. He previously edited Computer Business Review. He has also covered energy markets. He started his journalism career on local papers. He left school at 15 and has made a living asking "but why?" ever since.