Experts at OpenAI and Anthropic are calling out Elon Musk and xAI for refusing to publish any safety research. In the wake of Grok, xAI's chatbot, calling itself "MechaHitler" and publicly spewing a ton of racist and anti-Semitic vitriol,

Elon Musk’s xAI announced plans Thursday to build what it calls “the world’s largest ceramic membrane bioreactor,” according to Benzinga. The system will cool its Memphis data center using 13 million gallons of reclaimed wastewater daily.

A secretive technology investment group that is a top backer of Elon Musk’s companies will close to external investors, after racking up such big gains that it is no longer dependent on outside financing.

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and “completely irresponsible” safety culture at xAI, the billion-dollar AI startup owned by Elon Musk. The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company’s technological advances.

AI already operates a data center in Memphis, Tennessee, and has plans for a second facility in the same city.

Environmental groups in Memphis filed a permit appeal to stop xAI from using gas-burning turbines to power its supercomputer facility in the area.

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly half of the company's recent $5 billion equity round, according to investors cited by The Wall Street Journal.

Elon Musk has unveiled a new AI-powered chatbot “companion,” which he says is inspired by Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga and Christian Grey from erotic romance novel 50 Shades of Grey.The tech billionaire’s artificial intelligence offshoot xAI debuted the companions on Monday.