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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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Musk's xAI slammed by AI researchers over lax safety practices
Elon Musk's xAI faces backlash from OpenAI and Anthropic researchers for allegedly disregarding basic AI safety practices ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 has open roles for building AI “waifus.”
Want to help xAI create more AI avatars after my colleague Victoria Song said Grok’s anime companion made her want to “bleach ...
Tesla to hold shareholder vote on whether to invest in xAI
Tesla will hold a shareholder vote on whether Elon Musk’s carmaker should invest in his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, ...
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, as ...