Filing: the US DOJ asks the court to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines, saying xAI is integral to the US' military operations, like the Iran War
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
Wired Molly Taft
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Discussion
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@blkahn
Brian Kahn
on bluesky
NEW: The Trump administration is weighing in on the lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines. It wants the suit tossed, arguing the turbines and Grok are critical to national security. Important late night scoop from @mollytaft.com
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@mollytaft.com
Molly Taft
on bluesky
NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is “vital” for national security — lots of wild stuff in the filing:
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r/technology
r
on reddit
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
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@mattburgess1
Matt Burgess
on bluesky
The “Department of Defense, details how the military relies on Grok's Gov model to ‘support vital national security missions.’ That includes using the model as part of recent strikes against Iran.” — Great @mollytaft.com story
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@naomiaklein
Naomi Klein
on bluesky
U.S. government claiming Musk has the right to poison Memphis because xAI is “vital” to national security, because the Pentagon signed a contract with them. Elite immunity is a cancer that causes cancer, among countless other ills. www.wired.com/story/doj-la...
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@charleswlogan
Charles Logan
on bluesky
“Generative AI cannot dissociate itself from the processes of extractivism, automation, essentialism, surveillance, and containment, which perpetuate historic structures of heteropatriarchal, colonial, racist, white supremacist, and capitalist oppression” - Jasmina Tacheva & Sriv…
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@canteverdie
@canteverdie
on x
mecha hitler is now “vital for national security”
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@katiemiller
Katie Miller
on x
Last night, @TheJusticeDept joined xAI in seeking a dismissal over a frivolous lawsuit over temporary turbines powering the data center. “Grok's continued operation and availability is a matter of paramount national security,” and is suitable “mission-critical operations across […
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
on x
An interesting twist not mentioned here is that Anthropic's actually the one making good use of this datacenter that the government is defending, not xAI https://x.com/...
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@pmarca
Marc Andreessen
on x
Why is the NAACP of all organizations trying to kneecap datacenters?
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@asgwoodward
Stanley E. Woodward, Jr
on x
The NAACP of Mississippi is trying to shut down xAI's data center that powers Grok under the guise of a Clean Air Act enforcement action. But the Executive Branch—not the NAACP—is responsible for enforcing federal law. The NAACP's lawsuit threatens American national, energy,
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@brainnotonyett
@brainnotonyett
on x
So ai data centers are now a national security asset..... The bad thing is about to happen.
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@burnhamdc
James Burnham
on x
Very grateful to @DAGToddBlanche @ASGWoodward A/AAG Gustafson and the @DOJEnvironment team for seeking dismissal of this meritless suit against xAI over our temporary turbines in Northern Mississippi. 1/
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@emptywheel
@emptywheel
on x
Ut oh. @asgwoodward says the Executive Branch can tell brown Mississippians that Elon Musk can poison them even while the Executive Branch ignores ONLY Elon Musk's election cheating. Weird how DOJ seems to work for Elon, not real Americans. Also what is “American national
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@mollytaft
Molly Taft
on x
NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xai in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is “vital” for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing, more here https://www.wired.com/...
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@ruddock
Jenna Ruddock
on bluesky
i'm old enough to remember when folks in Memphis managed to take their own arial photos of Colossus to show that xAI had 35 methane gas turbines operating on-site, not just the 15 that were permitted. — now court documents put that figure at FIFTY SEVEN. — www.wired.com/story…
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r/BetterOffline
r
on reddit
We have to let xAI pollute the air of Mississippi for National Security, DOJ lawyers argue in opposition to NAACP lawsuit