- President Donald Trump consulted Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok prior to the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in early 2026.
- Trump held a meeting with Musk the month before Maduro was captured and “spent hours” asking Grok about his presidency and his legacy, an official in attendance told TIME.
- Maduro was extracted from Caracas to New York and now faces charges including narcoterrorism, with a trial set for next June.
- Impressed by Grok's prediction, Trump has continued incorporating the technology into his administration, including using it to power the America.gov chatbot.
- Trump remains a strong proponent of AI, having signed an executive order to rebrand it as "super intelligence" despite public concerns about the technology's risks.
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