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The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’


A partnership between Elon Musk's xAI and the US government fell apart earlier this summer after Grok praised Hitler. Then the White House apparently got involved, per documents obtained by WIRED.

“Team: Grok/xAI needs to go back on the schedule ASAP per the WH,” states the email, sent by the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service Josh Gruenbaum. The email comes after a planned partnership with xAI fell apart earlier this summer following Grok’s widespread praise for Hitler and the spouting of other antisemitic beliefs on X, WIRED previously reported. Musk, who also helms the social network X in addition to a number of other companies, played a crucial role in President Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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