News

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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX Commits $2 Billion To xAI In $5 Billion Round As AI Startup Hits $113 Billion Valuation Amid Controversy
SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly ...
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 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 ...
SZA calls out xAI over environmental racism, says we're all "codependent on a machine"
SZA puts at least some of her focus specifically on Memphis, Tennessee, which is home to about 630,000 people, and also xAI’s ...
Elon Musk released xAI’s Grok 4 without any safety reports—despite calling AI more ‘dangerous than nukes’
xAI’s latest frontier model, Grok 4, has been released without industry-standard safety reports, despite the company’s CEO, ...