The U.S. government has confirmed that Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok was used in military operations against Iran. The U.S. Department of Justice referenced sworn testimony from Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief of artificial intelligence, stating that Grok is in use within Project Maven. The department disclosed this information in a June 15 legal briefing defending xAI’s data center power infrastructure against an environmental lawsuit, arguing that shutting off the power supply would threaten American national, economic, and energy security by hindering AI innovation supporting military operations.

Over 2,000 munitions were fired at 2,000 targets in Iran within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury using Grok AI, according to reports from Israeli sources. The Pentagon disclosed that Musk's Grok AI was utilized during military operations against Iran, as confirmed by multiple international outlets. One source, Presstv, described the event as a 'US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran,' but this characterization is not reflected in other accounts, which refer to the events neutrally as strikes or military operations linked to the conflict with Iran.

According to Al Arabiya, Project Maven, the U.S. military AI-assisted targeting program, was initially powered by Anthropic’s Claude model. The Hindu reported that the U.S. government terminated its contracts with Anthropic at the end of February after Anthropic refused to allow its tools to be used for fully automated strikes or the mass surveillance of Americans. These single-source reports are included only as attributed facts.