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Trump Ordered Venezuela Invasion After AI Advice, Officials Say

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC · How we work

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Trump ordered the invasion in January 2026, which Venezuelan officials say killed 100 people.
Trump consulted Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok about kidnapping Nicolás Maduro in December 2025.
Grok replied Maduro was a repressive, unpopular dictator and many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall.
The Pentagon reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model Claude to help plan the Venezuela operation.

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Trump ordered the invasion in January 2026, which Venezuelan officials say killed 100 people.
Trump consulted Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok about kidnapping Nicolás Maduro in December 2025.
Grok replied Maduro was a repressive, unpopular dictator and many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall.
The Pentagon reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model Claude to help plan the Venezuela operation.