The Department of Defense has announced contracts with four leading artificial intelligence companies, including Elon Musk's xAI, a week after its Grok chatbot allegedly disseminated racist rhetoric online.

The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI — will help the DOD develop AI workflows for key national security missions.

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has signed a major contract worth nearly $200 million with xAI, an artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. This deal comes just days after xAI’s chatbot,

The announcement comes days after Grok spewed antisemitic and racist statements to its users, including praise for Adolf Hitler and “the white man.” It also referred to itself as “MechaHitler.” The debacle kick-started a wave of celebration amongst online extremists, many of whom called for the creation of more hateful AI chatbots.

AI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI received contracts worth up to $200 million to help the Pentagon incorporate artificial intelligence into national

The announcement comes after FedScoop reported on the General Services Administration’s interest in the tool late last week.

The Pentagon is set to spend nearly a billion dollars for AI with four major Silicon Valley tech firms, Google, xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic.

The Pentagon’s $200M contract with Elon Musk’s Grok AI highlights the balance between cutting-edge innovation and responsibility amid controversies over offensive chatbot outputs.

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has secured a major federal contract, with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announcing it will begin using the company’s “Grok for Government” program.

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded xAI a lucrative deal just days after the Grok chatbot spewed antisemitism, sparking concern.

Elon Musk ruled out a merger between Tesla and xAI but said he plans to hold a shareholder vote on investment in the artificial intelligence startup by the automaker, in the latest step to deepen integration across his business empire.