Grok Bot Usage By Defense Department Queried By Senate Democrats

A group of Democratic senators write to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to inquire about the department’s plans to use Grok, citing concerns that the xAI chatbot promotes antisemitic and other dangerous content, according to a statement.

• Senators Jon Ossoff, Chris Van Hollen, Adam Schiff, Richard Durbin, John Hickenlooper and Raphael Warnock sign on to letter sent to Hegseth

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