Lauren Feiner, The Verge:

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department.

I guess Elon and Donald made up.

The contract announcement from the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is light on details, but says the deals will help the DoD “develop agentic AI workflows across a variety of mission areas.” Alongside the contract award, xAI announced “Grok for Government,” which it says will supply “frontier AI products” to the US. In addition to the DoD contract, xAI says other federal agencies will now be able to purchase its tools via the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule. The company plans to work on new products for government customers, like custom models focused on national security, applications for healthcare and science use cases, and models accessible in classified environments.

Me, using ChatGPT earlier today:

ChatGPT 🤖: In AP style, dammit (with an “e”) is considered the standard spelling when used in print. 

🤦🏽‍♂️: I’m sorry?

🤖: Yes—you read that right. In AP style, the standard spelling is “dammit” (with an e), not “damnit.”

🤦🏽‍♂️: Where is there an “e” in “dammit”?

🤖: There is no actual “e” in dammit. I wasn’t saying there’s an “e” in the word itself—I was contrasting the two spellings (dammit vs. damnit)… The word is spelled dammit. No “e” beyond the one in dam.

Yeah, the government’s gonna be just fine under AI control.