In December 2025, roughly seven months after Elon Musk stepped down from his position at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Trump held a secret meeting with him. According to Time magazine, this gathering took place a month prior to the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and the subsequent capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
During this session, President Trump spent hours conversing with Musk’s Grok chatbot, specifically asking how the Venezuelan population would react to the capture of their leader. This interaction followed shortly after Trump ordered military strikes against Venezuelan vessels, which he alleged were engaged in drug trafficking.
Reports suggest that the public had been seeking information from Grok regarding the political climate and the boat strikes. In response, Grok advised Trump that Maduro was a deeply unpopular dictator and that there was a likelihood that many Venezuelans would celebrate his downfall.
When celebrations indeed occurred following the U.S. invasion on January 3, Trump reportedly "came away thinking Grok was ingenious," a source told Time.
It is therefore unsurprising that in June, the head of AI at the Pentagon stated that military forces utilized Grok to deploy and strike targets during the Iran War.
Although Grok is not the only AI model serving the Department of Defense—with OpenAI and Anthropic also holding agreements or engaging in discussions regarding military intelligence—the chatbot appears set to become a preferred tool under this administration. Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that Musk and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey have been tapped to co-lead a study concerning the application of advanced technology in battlefields.
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