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Pentagon to start using Grok as part of a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 2 days ago

There's the grift.

[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

The new offering includes custom national security tools, AI-powered science and health applications, and cleared engineering support for classified environments.

What happens in the SCIF stays in the…oh fuck it, never mind - send it to the cloud for processing. What could go wrong?

[–] vala@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought they broke up

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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

"We are gonna use MechaHitler for good we promise"

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

I do not welcome our robot overlords.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wonder if they’ll make it operational on August 29th

[–] projectsquared@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It becomes operational August 4 and self-aware on the 29th.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago

Ah you’re right

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there something special about that date?

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[–] lack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

What the fuck guys, who wished for 'real life tony stark, lol' on the cursed monkey paw!?!? GUYS?!?!

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People will no longer laugh at the term "military intelligence" for the obvious irony. Now, they'll say "remember when the military tried to use artificial intelligence? ha ha what a disaster"

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Since this came right after a post from !theonion@sh.itjust.works on my feed i honestly thought it was the onion.

[–] Rhino1199@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Haven't people seen Johnny English 3 :P

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They’re going to get someone killed

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that their business anyway?

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you vote and pay taxes, it’s your business too.

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

I mean killing people is literally what they do, right? So the comment above is not very surprising

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[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Ellen really wants to be a super villian.

[–] lerba@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Well that's fucking fantastic

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Great, never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake

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