The US Department of Justice filed sworn testimony stating that Elon Musk's Grok AI was used by the US military within the Project Maven targeting program during Operation Roaring Lion, the joint US-Israel campaign against Iran. A senior Defense Department official said the system enabled over 2,000 munitions to be deployed against 2,000 targets in 96 hours.
The Pentagon's use of Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot during the February 2026 Operation Roaring Lion (US codename Epic Fury) has been revealed in sworn testimony filed by the US Department of Justice in a legal case involving Musk's company xAI, as reported by The Jerusalem Post. The filing states that Grok was integrated into Project Maven, the Pentagon's AI-assisted targeting program, and that a senior Defense Department official credited the system with enabling the deployment of more than 2,000 munitions against 2,000 targets within 96 hours at the campaign's outset. Operation Roaring Lion — the joint US-Israel military campaign, launched on 28 February 2026 — targeted Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure. The testimony, submitted in a legal dispute over Musk's business practices, marks the first official acknowledgement of Grok's role in live combat targeting. The precise extent of Grok's decision-making autonomy within the targeting pipeline and whether it was used for target selection beyond the initial barrage remains unstated in the available record. The disclosure raises significant questions about the use of commercial AI chatbots in military kinetic operations and the accountability frameworks governing such integration.
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