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Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 in the last two months; xAI is pursuing a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site (Molly Taft/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 13, 2026

Molly Taft / Wired: Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 in the last two months; xAI…

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xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

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xAI filed a lawsuit against Colorado’s landmark AI anti-discrimination law, set to take effect this summer, claiming it violates free speech protections (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

Financial Times: xAI filed a lawsuit against Colorado’s landmark AI anti-discrimination law, which is set to take effect this summer,…

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Sources: SpaceX offers $2 trillion-plus valuation to potential investors in IPO; SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI would have valued the combined company at $1.25 billion (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

Bloomberg: Sources: SpaceX offers $2 trillion-plus valuation to potential investors in IPO; SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI would have valued the…

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Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project led by Tesla and SpaceX to make robotics, AI and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI and SpaceX (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

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A DOD official said xAI agreed to let the military use Grok in classified systems and agreed to the standard of “any lawful use,” which Anthropic refused (Axios).

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 23, 2026

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xAI co-founder Tony Wu said he had “stepped down”, following the departure of co-founder Igor Babuschkin in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk (Juro Osawa/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 10, 2026

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Tesla says it agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI for preferred stock as part of xAI’s Series E, despite a shareholder vote in November that failed to gain approval (Kara Carlson/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

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xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has "LEFT" the company days after appearing on a podcast last week in which he claimed xAI circumvented regulations (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 22, 2026

AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo: xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he “left” the company days after appearing on a podcast last…

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xAI has faced growing outcry from global regulators over the generation of explicit non-consensual photos of Grok, but has faced little regulatory action in the United States (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

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An episode of BBC Question Time featured a panel with AI-generated historical figures like Churchill, intended to show the “hyper-real and compelling” nature of AI images (Holly Bishop/The Independent)

Allegations that China is behind protests against U.S. data centers draw criticism from AI industry allies, who say the industry and politicians are in denial (Evan Halper/Washington Post)

Lenovo’s stock is up 105% in May, marking its biggest monthly gain since 1999, after earnings showed AI-related revenue helped offset rising memory costs (Bloomberg)

A look at tensions in the UK’s fintech sector, as former industry darlings are forced to overhaul operations or merge under pressure to achieve profitability (Financial Times)

French market regulator warns crypto companies they could face blacklisting and legal action if they don’t have MiCA licenses in place by the EU’s June 30 deadline (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)

Browsing: xAI

Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 in the last two months; xAI is pursuing a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site (Molly Taft/Wired)

xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

xAI filed a lawsuit against Colorado’s landmark AI anti-discrimination law, set to take effect this summer, claiming it violates free speech protections (Financial Times)

Sources: SpaceX offers $2 trillion-plus valuation to potential investors in IPO; SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI would have valued the combined company at $1.25 billion (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project led by Tesla and SpaceX to make robotics, AI and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI and SpaceX (Bloomberg)

A DOD official said xAI agreed to let the military use Grok in classified systems and agreed to the standard of “any lawful use,” which Anthropic refused (Axios).

xAI co-founder Tony Wu said he had “stepped down”, following the departure of co-founder Igor Babuschkin in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk (Juro Osawa/The Information)

Tesla says it agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI for preferred stock as part of xAI’s Series E, despite a shareholder vote in November that failed to gain approval (Kara Carlson/Bloomberg)

xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has "LEFT" the company days after appearing on a podcast last week in which he claimed xAI circumvented regulations (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)

xAI has faced growing outcry from global regulators over the generation of explicit non-consensual photos of Grok, but has faced little regulatory action in the United States (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)