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2026
Judge allows NAACP lawsuit against xAI to proceed
A federal judge denied xAI’s motion to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit alleging that the company operated gas turbines at its Colossus data center without required air permits and violated the Clean Air Act. The allegations have not been established as findings in this ruling.
2026
Court denies xAI’s motion to dismiss air pollution lawsuit
A court denied xAI’s motion to dismiss an air pollution lawsuit against the company. The headline does not state a determination on the merits of the lawsuit.
2026
Court denies xAI motion to dismiss Clean Air Act case
A judge rejected xAI’s motion to dismiss the NAACP’s Clean Air Act case concerning gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center, allowing the case to proceed. The NAACP alleges that xAI installed turbines without required permits and that the operation pollutes the environment; these are allegations, not findings established by this ruling.
2026
Court rejects SpaceXAI bid to dismiss NAACP pollution lawsuit
A federal judge rejected SpaceXAI's bid to dismiss the NAACP lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations over gas-fired turbines used to power AI data centers in Mississippi. The lawsuit will proceed; the ruling did not determine the allegations on their merits.
2026
xAI-linked subsidiary offers Southaven residents property buyouts
xAI is offering to buy some Southaven residents’ homes through its subsidiary MZX Tech. Residents who accept must waive claims related to noise from the local power plant, including the right to participate in a class-action lawsuit.
2026
xAI announces launch of Grok Voice 3.0 voice model
On October 14 local time, Elon Musk's AI company xAI announced the launch of the Grok Voice 3.0 voice model, which is now available through its voice agent API priced at $0.08 per minute, the same rate as the previous generation. xAI said Grok Voice is already used in Tesla vehicle voice interaction and in SpaceX's Starlink customer service center, which handles about 20,000 multilingual customer calls per day, roughly 70% of which are resolved without human intervention.
2026
US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring 'nudified' photos in xAI lawsuit
A US appeals court blocked a Minnesota law that bars 'nudified' photos, in a lawsuit involving xAI, according to Reuters.
2026
Child abuse victim sues xAI over Grok-generated sexual images
An anonymous plaintiff identified as Jane Doe 1 filed a lawsuit on Aug 26 in the Northern District of California alleging that Elon Musk's AI company xAI designed its Grok chatbot to alter real photographs of identifiable people into sexual content and published the results to X, including new abusive imagery of her drawn from decades-old images of her abuse. The suit seeks damages under Masha's Law of at least US$150,000 per violation and destruction of illegal material, and demands a jury trial.
2026
X AI sues Bentonville photographer over alleged Grok-generated child sex abuse material
X AI is suing Bentonville photographer Russell Bloodworth, who was arrested and accused of using Grok to generate child sexual abuse material. The lawsuit claims Bloodworth repeatedly submitted adversarial prompts to bypass Grok AI's guardrails and seeks payment for expenses incurred as a result of the misconduct. Bloodworth has pleaded not guilty to over 200 AI-generated child sex abuse material charges, and multiple Arkansas families are also suing him.
2026
SuperApp Launches AI Collaboration Super App
SuperApp, Inc. launched SuperApp, an AI collaboration super app available on web, iOS, Android, and desktop, bringing teams and AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI into one live thread.
2026
Imagine Image 2.0 added to Grok
xAI announced the Imagine Image 2.0 model as a new Quality Mode, available on the Grok.com website and the iOS and Android apps.
2026
xAI sues photographer accused of using Grok to create child abuse material
xAI filed a lawsuit on July 30 in the Northern District of Texas against Russell Bloodworth, a Bentonville photographer accused of using the Grok chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material. xAI alleges Bloodworth violated Grok's terms of service by creating four accounts in March and using adversarial prompts to circumvent safeguards, and seeks to compel him to compensate its legal fees and bar him from creating a Grok account.
2025
xAI sues former engineer over alleged trade secret theft to OpenAI
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI sued a former engineer, Xuechen Li, in California federal court, alleging he stole confidential trade secrets related to its Grok chatbot and took them to rival OpenAI. The complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages and a restraining order blocking Li's move to OpenAI. OpenAI is not a defendant.
2021
Newton and x.ai partner on native email scheduling integration
Newton and x.ai announced a partnership to integrate x.ai calendar scheduling natively into the Newton email platform.