Pentagon’s Use of Grok Raises AI Security Concerns

Analysts Say Pentagon Must Add Guardrails to Musk's Grok in Military Systems Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • January 16, 2026

A push by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to integrate Elon Musk’s Grok artificial intelligence model into military classified and unclassified systems does not acknowledge how the large language model fails to meet key federal AI risk and security framework requirements, say cybersecurity analysts.

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Should the Pentagon proceed with the integration, the military will likely have to rely on additional guardrails and testing to prevent the same failures that have plagued the model’s public deployments, sources told Information Security Media Group. Hegseth announced Monday that Grok will soon be integrated into military systems alongside other commercial AI tools as part of a broader push ...