TechCrunch1 Oct 2026Dominic-Madori Davis

Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president

During this meeting, Trump “spent hours” talking to Musk’s Grok chatbot, including asking how Venezuelans would respond to the capture of their president, a source told Time. Justa few months earlier,in September, Trump began ordering U.S.

Earlier this week, the Pentagonannounced that Muskand Anduril’s Palmer Luckey have been tapped toco-lead a study about how advanced technologyis, and can be, used in battlefields.

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