signalTechCrunch AI2026-10-02
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
Time reports that in December 2025, President Trump secretly met Elon Musk and spent hours with the Grok chatbot, asking about Venezuelan reactions to capturing Nicolás Maduro. Grok said Maduro was a deeply unpopular dictator and many would celebrate, which proved true after the January 3 invasion. The Pentagon later used Gov Grok for strike targeting in the Iran War, and Musk and Palmer Luckey were tapped to co-lead a study on advanced battlefield technology.
- for who
- Defense and AI policy professionals
- what changes
- The influence of AI chatbots on presidential military decisions is now a documented factor in U.S. operations
- to do
- Monitor the Pentagon's use of Gov Grok and the upcoming Musk-Luckey study on battlefield AI
key points
- A secret December 2025 meeting had Trump consulting Grok on Venezuela's reaction to Maduro's capture
- Grok predicted Venezuelans would celebrate Maduro's downfall, which happened after the January 3 invasion
- Pentagon used Gov Grok for targeting in Iran War; Musk and Luckey co-lead study
#grok#military application#ai politics
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