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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 records show the company has bought the land, which formerly housed a Duke ...
NAACP Challenges Elon Musk’s xAI Facility In Memphis Over Health Risks To Black Residents
The NAACP and other environmental groups have filed an appeal to stop Elon Musk's xAI from further polluting Black ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Elon Musk's xAI has an opening in the Fox News lane
Elon Musk's xAI, even more than rival AI startup leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic, is a cash incinerator — and despite the ...
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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 ...
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.
XAI in talks to lease data center capacity in Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg News reports
Elon Musk's xAI is in discussions to lease data center capacity in Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing ...