An Energy Department-run national lab is piloting xAI’s Grok

An Energy Department-run national lab is piloting xAI’s Grok

The Department of Energy is piloting Grok, the generative AI tool from Elon Musk’s xAI, within its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, according to the agency’s AI use case inventory. The pilot began at the end of June 2025 and has been used to find general answers to questions, summarize information and create documents.  The Grok pilot comes at a time when the Energy Department is pursuing ambitious AI goals as part of its role in leading …