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Hegseth places all bets on Grok, the AI with a troubling record of saying the quiet part out loud

On stage at SpaceX, Defense Secretary “Whiskey Pete” Hegseth announced the Pentagon is all-in on Grok

Jason Weisberger
Jan 13, 2026
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Et in Arcadia Elon

On stage at SpaceX, Defense Secretary “Whiskey Pete” Hegseth announced the Pentagon is all-in on Grok, Elon Musk’s large language model with a documented history of generating sexualized content involving minors and referring to itself as “Mecha-Hitler.”

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