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ARTICLE VIEW:
US intel agency reviewing Grok video filmed during man’s commute to
secure NSA facility
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated:
2:26 PM EDT, Fri August 8, 2025
Source: CNN
Elon Musk has spent recent days promoting videos posted by Tesla
drivers around the world documenting their experience talking with an
“unhinged” version of the AI virtual assistant Grok – but
amplified by the tech billionaire stands out because of where some of
it was filmed: A highly secure government facility.
Now, a US intelligence agency that has personnel working at the
sensitive site is looking into the “incident,” CNN has learned.
The video primarily offers the man’s interactions with Musk’s
“Grok” AI language tool from xAI, as he records himself interacting
with a new feature called “unhinged mode” while driving to work in
his Tesla.
The footage was posted to X and subsequently amplified by Musk,
accumulating over 16 million views to date.
By enabling unhinged mode, the driver in the video prompted Grok to
respond to his questions “like an amateur stand-up comic who is still
learning the craft – sometimes being objectionable, inappropriate,
and offensive,” according to X’s description of the feature.
While the video may have gained attention for its vulgar and colorful
quotes from the AI, where the video was taken raises its own set of
questions, as recording video and taking photos without authorization
is prohibited on campus and a violation of federal law.
A closer look at the video shows the man entering what is known as
NSA’s friendship annex – a sensitive federal complex located in
Linthicum, Maryland, where thousands of intelligence professionals and
cleared contractors work in relative obscurity, according to a CNN
analysis of the video and sources familiar with the site.
“Recording video within the boundaries of sensitive Federal
facilities is banned for very good reasons,” Jason Kikta, a former US
Cyber Command official, told CNN. “Sensitive equipment could be
getting installed. There could be personnel within view who need to
remain publicly unaffiliated. Allies could be conducting a sensitive
visit, etc.”
US Cyber Command, one of the intelligence agencies with employees who
work at the complex, is now reviewing the “incident,” a
spokesperson told CNN on Friday, days after the video was posted to
social media.
“U.S. Cyber Command is aware of the video and the incident is under
review,” a Cyber Command spokesperson in response to a CNN inquiry
about the video.
X did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.
The NSA annex, which was established in the 1970s, functions as a cyber
espionage station and is used to conduct highly sensitive intelligence
work related to foreign hackers.
It is also a facility where US officials analyze highly sensitive
signals intercepts and conduct screenings of new government employees,
including polygraph and psychological tests; it also serves as the main
campus of the National Cryptologic School.
In the video geolocated by CNN, a man driving a Tesla is seen turning
into a parking lot at the annex. The sign seen in the video as the car
enters the site reads “FANX 1,” which is one of three main
buildings at this NSA location.
Based on a review of Google Street imagery from the location and the
car’s path seen on the Tesla map in the vehicle, the man in the video
appears to approach a gated security entrance before proceeding to park
inside the lot in front of FANX 1, one of the main buildings at the NSA
complex.
Two sources familiar with the site’s layout also confirmed to CNN
that the driver in the video appears to go through an access control
checkpoint at the facility’s entrance while filming and then continue
to record once on campus. The sources spoke to CNN on condition of
anonymity to prevent retribution for speaking on sensitive topics.
The fact that this individual was able to simply drive onto the secure
site clearly indicates he is either a member of the intelligence
community or a cleared contractor, likely working for the NSA, both
sources said.
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