SpaceX says Grok hits 99.9% accuracy spotting debris, beating human inspectors at 94%
XFreeze · x · 2026-11-10
SpaceX VP of Launch Kiko Dontchev revealed that Grok analyzes borescope inspection footage to detect foreign object debris in aerospace hardware: human inspectors are 94% accurate, while Grok analyzing the same video reaches 99.9%.
SpaceX has also automated visual inspections of hardware like Starlink customer terminals. Dontchev said AI is now used at every level of the company's operations, with tasks that took hours or days now done in seconds or minutes.
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