Pentagon used Elon Musk's Grok AI to fire 2k missiles at Iran, official says

- The article reports on a claim made by an anonymous US official (unverified) that the Pentagon used Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok to coordinate a strike of 2,000 missiles against Iran. This claim is extremely dubious and likely false — no major military would use a consumer-grade, unclassified AI chatbot for targeting decisions. - Elon Musk's Grok is an AI chatbot developed by his company xAI, launched in 2023. It has no known connection to any military command-and-control systems and is not designed for strategic military targeting. - As of now, no credible US or international news outlets have confirmed this. The claim appears in The Independent, a UK news outlet, but is based on a single unnamed official — not official Pentagon documentation. - The broader context: US-Iran tensions remain high, and AI in military operations is an active debate. But the story as reported is almost certainly false or a misunderstanding — no responsible military would use an unsecured consumer AI platform for launching missiles.