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Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules

16 janvier 2026 à 01:09

Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities

A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee.

xAI has been fighting for a year and a half over truck-sized gas turbines the company had parked near its Colossus 1 and 2 facilities, arguing to local authorities that the electricity-generating turbines were exempt from requirements for air quality permits.

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© Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center

© Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center

© Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center

Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualised images of real people

15 janvier 2026 à 10:19

UK government claims vindication after Keir Starmer criticised earlier decision to keep functionality as ‘horrific’

The UK government has claimed “vindication” after Elon Musk’s X announced it had stopped its AI-powered Grok feature from editing pictures of real people to show them in revealing clothes such as bikinis, including for premium subscribers.

After a fortnight of public outcry at the tool embedded into X being used to create sexualised images of women and children, the company said it would “geoblock” the ability of users “to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X”, in countries where it was illegal.

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© Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

© Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

© Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

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