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Elon Musk's xAI buys former gas power plant site in Southaven, Mississippi
xAI has purchased a former natural gas power plant close to the site of its new data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Property ...
NAACP Challenges Elon Musk's xAI Facility In Memphis Over Health Risks To Black Residents
The organization has teamed up with environmental groups to appeal a permit allowing Musk's company to run natural ...
Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says
In their appeal, the NAACP and other groups argued that the SCHD put xAI profits over Black people's health, granting ...
Elon Musk's xAI is willing to pay up to $440k if you're an engineer who can make anime girl avatars
AI released two AI "companions" on its Grok platform, a Japanese anime girl named "Ani" and an animated red panda called ...
Groups appeal Shelby County Health Department's approval of xAI turbine use in Memphis
The NAACP is appealing the Shelby County Health Department's decision to approve the use of gas turbines at one of xAI's ...
Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown didn’t stop xAI from winning $200M military deal
A week after Grok's antisemitic outburst, which included praise of Hitler and a post calling itself "MechaHitler," Elon ...
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OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry ‘reckless’ safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI
AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and ...
xAI official updates Colossus 2 plans in Memphis, but not how site will be powered
An xAI official provided new details about plans for the artificial intelligence company's second Memphis facility — but not ...
xAI hired gig workers to boost Grok on a key AI leaderboard and 'beat' Anthropic's Claude in coding
Internal docs show xAI paid contractors to "hillclimb" Grok's rank on a coding leaderboard above Anthropic's Claude.