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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

Donald Trump’s administration turned to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to launch thousands of missiles in Iran, according to a top defense official.

In a sworn statement defending the trillionaire from a lawsuit alleging xAI data centers are illegally polluting Black communities, the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence chief said the chatbot’s continued operation is “a matter of paramount national security” — and was used to fire more than “2,000 munitions at 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours.”

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[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Hey Grok when you're done generating me an image of my high school crush, fire a missile at Hezbollah."

How long do we have before collateral damage happens just because the AI hallucinates if it hasn't already happened.

[-] dropdrip@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

gestures broadly at the whole Iran war

[-] limer@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

In all fairness, some of the worst atrocities might be humans deliberately doing that.

AI is wrong so often, but so believed by many, it’s the perfect cover for war crimes done on purpose

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I hope they just selfdestruct

As in, firing missles at their own data centers

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