Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will start using Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok. The word comes days after Grok drew global outcry for generating highly sexualized deepfake images.

NBC News’ Garrett Haake, Courtney Kube and Richard Engel join Meet the Press NOW to report on the Pentagon's preparations for potential military action in Iran and President Trump's renewed vow to pursue the acquisition of Greenland.

The Trump administration is exerting political pressure on Stars & Stripes, the independent military newspaper that informs US servicemembers worldwide.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that Grok will be included on the Department of Defense’s new internal AI platform, GenAI.mil, alongside tools like Google’s Gemini, despite the chatbot facing international bans, regulatory scrutiny, and repeated controversies over racism, antisemitism, and nonconsensual image generation.

“The Department of War remains steadfast in our commitment to suicide prevention. The Annual Report on Suicide in the Military offers validated data to support focused and effective prevention efforts; strengthen the health, safety, and well-being of our warfighters and their families; and advance force readiness,” officials said in the statement.

Pentagon officials say they have reaffirmed to members of Congress that policies protecting troops from physical abuse remain in effect.

Plans for a $35 million visitor education center near the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial are expected to take a major step forward later this year.