Trump Spent Hours Quizzing Musk's Grok Before Maduro Capture, AI Reportedly Told Him Venezuelans Would Celebrate
Trump asked Grok how Venezuelans would react to Maduro’s capture, and the chatbot said many would celebrate, according to TIME.
- Weeks before U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump spent hours questioning Elon Musk's Grok chatbot about how Venezuelans would react if Maduro were taken into custody.
- Grok characterized Maduro as a "deeply unpopular dictator" and predicted Venezuelans would celebrate his downfall, prompting Trump to conclude the chatbot was "ingenious."
- U.S. forces successfully captured Maduro during a military operation on January 3, with celebrations in Venezuela subsequently aligning with the chatbot's earlier predictions.
- The Pentagon has previously integrated AI tools like Gov Grok into defense operations, including during the Iran war for strike targeting and deployment assistance.
- Musk and Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey will co-lead Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon study examining how advanced technologies will shape future battlefield environments.
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