NEWS: Schiff Joins Ossoff, Colleagues to Launch Inquiry into Department of Defense’s Use of AI Software Known for Antisemitic Content

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senator Jon Ossoff in demanding answers as the Department of Defense plans to use AI software known for antisemitic content.

The Senators launched an inquiry with Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers over reports that the Agency plans to let the xAI chatbot, Grok, operate inside of DoD networks, despite reports that the chatbot has promoted antisemitic and other dangerous content.

Last year, there were numerous, publicly reported examples of Grok wrongfully spreading antisemitic posts and Holocaust denialism through its prompted engagement with neo-Nazi accounts.

In addition to Schiff and Ossoff, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) also joined.

"We write with concern regarding your recent announcement at SpaceX that Grok, xAI's chatbot, will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Department of Defense (DoD)'s network," the Senators wrote. "We are particularly concerned by this development, given Grok's reported recent track record promoting Holocaust denial, spreading racist ideologies, and generating deepfake pornography of children."

"In the summer of 2025, Grok issued several antisemitic comments and threads, including stating that it was skeptical that six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. More recently, the chatbot produced fake pornographic images of real people. Grok's generation of such content has triggered various investigations of the platform and the potential use of this model by a federal agency is troubling," the Senators continued.

In December 2025, every Senate Democrat introduced a resolution condemning antisemitism, white supremacy, hate, and efforts to give a platform to dangerous ideologies, which came after Tucker Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes, who has denied the Holocaust and praised Adolf Hitler.

The full letter can be found here.

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