NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution

The NAACP is suing xAI and a subsidiary called MZX Tech for allegedly operating unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis. The association is asking the fed [...]

xAI launches Grok 4.3 at an aggressively low price and a new, fast, powerful voice cloning suite

While Elon Musk faces off against his former colleague and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman in court, Musk's rival firm xAI, founded to take on OpenAI, isn't slowing down on launching competitiv [...]

Will the UN finally broker a treaty to end plastic pollution?

To tackle what's been called the plastic "epidemic," the UN spun up a committee in 2022 tasked with brokering a legally binding global agreement. This ambitious treaty between UN member [...]

Grok 4.1 Fast's compelling dev access and Agent Tools API overshadowed by Musk glazing

Elon Musk's frontier generative AI startup xAI formally opened developer access to its Grok 4.1 Fast models last night and introduced a new Agent Tools API—but the technical milestones were imm [...]

The US government is defending xAI’s polluting turbines as vital to the war effort

The US Justice Department has taken Elon Musk’s side in a pollution lawsuit, arguing that the gas turbines powering his AI data centre are too important to national security to switch off. In a fili [...]

xAI accuses OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets in new lawsuit

Elon Musk's xAI is suing OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker has stolen its trade secrets. The lawsuit comes after the company recently sued a former employee, Xuechen Li, for allegedly steal [...]

DOJ invokes national security to defend xAI's unpermitted gas turbines in NAACP lawsuit

US Justice Department calls xAI's chatbot Grok essential to military operations, defending its controversial gas turbines.<br /> The article DOJ invokes national security to defend xAI' [...]

The DOJ is backing xAI in its lawsuit against Colorado

The Department of Justice has announced that it's intervening on the behalf of xAI in the company's recent lawsuit against the state of Colorado. xAI first filed the suit in early April in r [...]

Google will still have to break up its business, the Justice Department said

Google will have to break up its business, the Justice Department said in a filing, upholding the previous administration's proposal after a federal judge ruled last year that the company illegal [...]