Elon Musk’s xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update

Elon Musk’s xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update

Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility by … Read more

Musk’s xAI limits Grok’s ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

Musk’s xAI limits Grok’s ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said late Wednesday that Grok will no longer be able to create sexualized images of real people on its social network X based on user prompts following weeks of consumer and political backlash and regulatory investigations. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok … Read more

Elon Musk’s xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok’s deepfake explicit images

Elon Musk’s xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok’s deepfake explicit images

In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone showing Ani, an anime-style virtual assistant character featured in the Grok 4 AI chatbot developed by xAI, with the Grok logo visible in the background on July 16, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI is now facing an investigation in … Read more

Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription

Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the electric vehicle maker will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead make … Read more

FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites

FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX’s request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide. The FCC said Elon Musk‘s SpaceX can now operate an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide. … Read more

Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Three Democratic senators are calling on Apple and Google to suspend the X and Grok apps from their stores, … Read more

Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster

Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Meta on Friday announced agreements with three nuclear power providers, including one … Read more

Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan township

Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan township

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Future Decoded Tech Summit in Bengaluru, India, on Feb. 25, 2020. Microsoft will open a new data-center region in Spain, expanding their strategic partnership with Telefonica SA, according the the statement by Telefonica. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft has identified itself as the mystery company … Read more

Elon Musk’s X faces probes in Europe, India, Malaysia after Grok generated explicit images of women and children

Elon Musk’s X faces probes in Europe, India, Malaysia after Grok generated explicit images of women and children

Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk’s X is being investigated by authorities in Europe, India and Malaysia after its Grok chatbot let users create and share AI-generated sexualized images of children and women. British media watchdog Ofcom also said it’s requested information from X, which is … Read more

Musk’s xAI faces backlash after Grok generates sexualized images of children on X

Musk’s xAI faces backlash after Grok generates sexualized images of children on X

Elon Musk watches as President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI saw user backlash after its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok generated sexualized pictures of children in response to … Read more