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AI's hunger for power sparks US private gas plant boom

As US tech companies race to build the data centers fueling the AI boom, they are increasingly putting up their own power plants -- off the grid and running on gas -- to get online faster. After years of decline, new announced fossil fuel capacity for the grid hit a…

The Economic Times

Minnesota's Nudification Ban Could Punish People Over Parodies and Stripped-Down Selfies. Elon Musk's xAI Is Suing.

The law is written so broadly it could punish services that let you fake an image of yourself in a swimsuit.

Reason

US Reportedly Dropped '2,000 Munitions at 2,000 Distinct Targets' in Iran Using Elon Musk's Grok AI System

A sworn statement in a US Clean Air Act lawsuit claims the Pentagon used Elon Musk's Grok AI to help launch over 2,000 munitions at 2,000 targets in Iran in just four days.

International Business Times UK

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Former Tesla Board Member Says xAI Can 'Break In With the Big Boys' Anthropic, OpenAI and Google— but There’s a Catch

Former Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) board member Steve Westly said Elon Musk’s xAI could challenge Anthropic, OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, but warned that entering artificial intelligence’s top tier will demand heavy spending and execution.

Benzinga

Elon Musk says SpaceX will exclusively use Nvidia GPUs 'because they are the best' — says optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 will be launched into space next year

Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI will exclusive use Nvidia AI accelerators for training and inference as companies believe Vera Rubin is the best AI compute architecture available today.

Tom’s Hardware

SpaceXAI pats itself on the back for removing temporary turbines in Memphis under agreed order over the next year: "We care deeply about being good neighbors"

Now if you could just cool it on the AI, that would be good.

PC Gamer

Drone flyover reveals rapid progress at Elon Musk’s new ATCF chip fab — Texas site prepares for all-in-one logic, memory, and packaging facility

July drone flyovers of Elon Musk’s Advanced Technology Chip Fab in Texas appear to confirm progress has 'hit another gear.'

Tom’s Hardware

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Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws

Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch.

The Conversation

Elon Musk's Net Worth Down Nearly $700 Billion Amid Tesla, SpaceX Merger Rumors

Elon Musk’s net worth continued to plunge this week as shares of his two flagship companies, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX), retreated amid swirling merger speculation, with traders also positioning ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming earnings report.

Benzinga

Court Rejects Musk's xAI Bid To Block 'AI Child Porn' Ban Carrying $500K Penalties per Image

A federal judge denied xAI's emergency request to halt Minnesota's law against AI 'nudification', allowing the statute to take effect. The law targets platforms using technology to create sexualised images without consent.

International Business Times UK

Biohacker Bryan Johnson is keeping his girlfriend’s menstrual blood in his freezer

The longevity influencer and his girlfriend, Kate Tolo, say they’re studying women’s health – a worthy goal, but perhaps some skepticism is in order

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk's xAI Sues Minnesota Over New State Law Banning AI 'Nudify' Technology

Elon Musk's SpaceXAI sues Minnesota over a new law banning AI nudification tools, arguing it violates free speech. The law, effective August 2026, aims to prevent non-consensual image creation.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technology

Elon Musk’s company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps

The Independent UK

The next AI war is here as Elon Musk challenges fake nude image law

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Minnesota Banned 'Nudify'.ing Now, Elon Musk's xAI Is Suing On First Amendment Claims, Saying The Law Goes To Far

Elon Musk's xAI is suing Minnesota, claiming that the state's attempt to crack down on deepfake porn imagery goes too far and violates the First Amendment.

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content

Jess Asato’s particulars of claim states Grok added explicit sexual material users had not asked for

The Economic Times

UK lawmaker suing Elon Musk's xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualised images

Jess Asato, a member of Britain's governing Labour Party, said last month that users created fake images of her, including a video of her "being chloroformed and prepared for a sexual assault", after she publicly criticised Musk and ‌Grok.

The National (Scotland)

Elon Musk's Grok 'degraded' MP with sex assault deepfakes, court documents say

AN MP suffered a “gross violation of her dignity” when fake sexualised images and videos of her were created by Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok,…

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'Humans Won't Be in Charge in 10 Years': Elon Musk Accepts 20% Chance of AI Annihilation

Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human control within a decade, balancing warnings of existential risk with optimism for economic abundance, reflecting a shift in his stance on AI's future.

The Economic Times

Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang unite behind one AI vision: Why America's biggest tech billionaires are calling for open-weight AI models

A coalition of 25 leading technology companies and organizations has urged US policymakers to support open-weight AI models, arguing they are essential for maintaining America's leadership in artificial intelligence. The letter has received backing from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Nvidia CEO Jensen…

Euronews

AI chatbots citing Russian propaganda sourced from EU-sanctioned outlet

AI chatbots are citing Russia propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlets, researchers say, raising questions about how hybrid warfare is expanding to influence large language models (LLMs).

Salon

Hegseth's Iran war math doesn't add up

The defense secretary pegged the war's cost at $37 billion. The real total is far higher

Tom’s Guide

Elon Musk says Grok is making a 'historically accurate' AI Odyssey movie — here's what we know

Elon Musk says Grok is making a 'historically accurate' AI movie based on The Odyssey. Here's what we know about xAI's ambitious filmmaking plans.

TechRadar

SpaceXAI has built a Microsoft Excel Grok plug-in, for some reason

SpaceXAI launches its own Grok add-ins for Microsoft Excel and other Office apps after other AI vendors see great success.

Reason

Where Can the Data Centers Go?

In a committee hearing yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez complained about data centers' impacts on rural areas and industrial parks.

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