Well, this is certainly interesting. Especially given Grok's recent history.
We are getting "Grok for government." And we're starting with the Defense Department, because why not!
From WaPo:
In a news release, the Defense Department said the contract award is worth up to $200 million. The department issued similar awards to Google, Anthropic and OpenAI, it said.
'Today's awards bring in the best U.S.-based frontier AI talent to help apply cutting-edge AI to solve DoD use cases,' said the announcement, from the agency's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
Well, at least it isn't Skynet!
Right?
What could go wrong?
Here's more from X:
We are especially excited to announce two important milestones for our US Government business - a new $200M ceiling contract with the US Department of Defense, alongside our products being available to purchase via the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule. This allows every federal government department, agency, or office, to access xAI's frontier AI products.
America is the world leader in AI, and this is in no small part due to a tradition of innovation and strong investments in engineering and science. We're excited to contribute back to the country that made xAI uniquely possible here.
No, I'm sure Elon has fixed the bugs, there's no more MechHitler, and Grok will work exactly as it should.
Absolutely "sure."
(Will Stancil right now 👇)
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