The Pentagon says technology linked to Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot, Grok, has been used in connection with U.S. operations during the conflict involving Iran. According to statements cited by multiple outlets, Cameron Stanley, the Department of Defense’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, discusses Grok in a sworn submission. The filings describe Grok as having supported U.S. forces in deploying weapons, including an account that roughly 2,000 missiles were launched toward targets in Iran, while also characterizing the underlying data centers and related capabilities as significant to national security.
The reporting also indicates that Stanley’s statement frames xAI’s systems as part of tools used across the Iran war and emphasizes the strategic importance of the computing infrastructure that powers the chatbot. The outlets present these claims as coming from defense officials and do not add separate independent verification of the missile count in their summaries. The reports therefore focus on what the Pentagon says in its filings, rather than on additional corroborating details about how Grok is integrated into targeting or launch processes.
