{"id":118999,"date":"2026-02-02T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=118999"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:57:52","slug":"new-letter-warns-next-grok-mistake-could-be-leaked-national-security-files","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/new-letter-warns-next-grok-mistake-could-be-leaked-national-security-files\/","title":{"rendered":"New Letter Warns Next Grok \u2018Mistake\u2019 Could Be Leaked National Security Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, a coalition of 30+ organizations and AI experts released <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/third-letter-sent-to-omb-urging-the-suspension-and-removal-of-grok-from-federal-agencies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a new letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> warning of the potential national security implications of the Pentagon\u2019s use of Elon Musk\u2019s Grok. The letter, signed by organizations including Public Citizen, Indivisible, the Consumer Federation of America, the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), UltraViolet and others, calls on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to decommission the unsafe and untested technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier letters in August and October of 2025 similarly warned OMB against federal deployment of the AI technology and called for suspension of its use. Earlier this month, Grok was embroiled in scandal after flooding Musk\u2019s X with \u201cnudified\u201d and other sexualized images of women and girls, which has led to the launch of an investigation by the European Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAI experts and consumer groups have been sounding the alarm on Grok\u2019s mounting safety concerns, citing it as unstable. Allowing Grok into the federal government was reckless and now that it has access to classified documents, the situation is infinitely more dire,\u201d said<\/span><b> J.B. Branch, Big Tech accountability advocate at Public Citizen. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe next Grok failure might not involve nudified images of women, it could compromise national security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to immediately suspending the federal deployment of Grok, the letter demands the following actions be taken:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiate a formal investigation into Grok\u2019s safety failures and the procurement and oversight processes that permitted its federal deployment, including whether required risk assessments, mitigation measures, and compliance determinations were conducted and appropriately reviewed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publicly clarify whether Grok has been evaluated for compliance with Executive Order 14319\u2019s truth-seeking and neutrality requirements and whether it was determined to meet OMB\u2019s risk mitigation standards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Require disclosure of all safety testing, red-teaming results, and risk assessments conducted on Grok as a condition of any continued consideration for federal use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account for the legal basis on which Grok remains available to federal agencies despite documented violations of OMB\u2019s binding guidance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full letter is available to view on the Public Citizen website. For more information, or to speak with an expert, contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:eleach@citizen.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eleach@citizen.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-118999","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tax_topic-big-tech","tax_topic-consumer-worker-safeguards","tax_case_topic-internet-free-speech-miscellaneous","tax_case_topic-internet-free-speech-right-to-speak-anonymously","tax_case_topic-internet-free-speech-use-of-brand-names-in-domain-names-and-metatags","tax_news-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Letter Warns Next Grok \u2018Mistake\u2019 Could Be Leaked National Security Files - Public Citizen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/new-letter-warns-next-grok-mistake-could-be-leaked-national-security-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Letter Warns Next Grok \u2018Mistake\u2019 Could Be Leaked National Security Files - 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