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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Briane Nebria

US Reportedly Dropped '2,000 Munitions at 2,000 Distinct Targets' in Iran Using Elon Musk's Grok AI System

A legal filing connected to a very different controversy has dragged Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot directly into the frame. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

The US military used an artificial intelligence system built by Elon Musk's xAI to help drop 'over 2,000 munitions at 2,000 distinct targets' in Iran within four days, according to a statement filed in a Federal Clean Air Act lawsuit in the United States.

Suspicions that advanced AI tools were being folded quietly into American targeting systems have been building since February, when the US–Iran war escalated and a string of deadly strikes hit civilian sites.

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