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Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenter in the Memphis area A new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi. The suit, filed Tuesday in Mississippi federal court, alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act due to emissions from its enormous datacenter in Southaven, Mississippi. The plaintiff – storied civil rights group the NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center – says xAI has been polluting the surrounding historically Black communities by using dozens of methane gas generators without permits. The organization is seeking to force the company to stop operating its unpermitted turbines in Southaven. Continue reading...
Read full articleThe revelations could undermine trust in AI ethics and transparency, impacting investor confidence and regulatory scrutiny in tech and crypto sectors. The post OpenAI president’s private journal entries read aloud in Elon Musk lawsuit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The post Trump Revives Fort Knox Audit Push, Wants to Knock on the Vault Door appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. President Donald Trump rekindled the Fort Knox audit debate during a May 10 interview with investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson. He said he still wants to verify whether America’s gold reserves remain inside the vault. The remarks reignited a transparency question first raised by Trump and Elon Musk in February 2025. Why the Fort Knox Audit Question Returns When Attkisson asked what happened to the audit, Trump said he wanted to “knock on the door of Fort Knox.” He added that the goal was to confirm whether the reserves remain intact. “I do want to go to Fort Knox sometime. I want to see if the gold is there, which I’m sure it will be,” Trump stated. The United States Bullion Depository in Kentucky holds roughly 147 million ounces of gold. Treasury figures place that stash near 59% of total US official holdings. At current gold (XAU) prices, the bars are worth several
On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we discussed what xAI's deal with Anthropic might mean for parent company SpaceX.
The trial highlights the ethical and strategic tensions in AI development, impacting future governance and collaboration in the tech industry. The post Elon Musk and OpenAI executives face intense questioning in high-stakes trial appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman battle it out in court, and the outcome could carry significant ramifications for how AI development is shaped.
In the second week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk’s motivations for bringing the suit were under scrutiny. Last week, Musk took the stand, alleging that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into donating $38 million to the company. He claimed that they’d promised to maintain…
Tennessee Republicans have erased the state’s last Black majority congressional district, splitting Memphis into three GOP-leaning seats. Tennessee Republicans have erased the state’s last Black majority congressional district, splitting Memphis into three GOP-leaning seats. The Republican-controlled legislature passed the new…
Elon Musk’s court battle against OpenAI has laid bare tensions between the start-up's leaders and raised questions about the billionaire’s motivations.
