DOJ Intervenes in NAACP Lawsuit Against xAI, Citing National Security Concerns Over Gas Turbines
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Summary
The Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit against xAI, arguing that shutting down Elon Musk's company's natural gas turbines would threaten national security by disrupting AI innovation that supports U.S. military operations, including the Iran War. The DOJ, alongside xAI and Mississippi, moved to dismiss the NAACP's lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations and environmental endangerment from the gas turbines.
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· 4 pulledThe Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines on Monday.
The agency sided with Elon Musk's company, saying attempts to stop xAI from running the natural gas turbines 'threatens American national, economic, and energy security by seeking to shut off the power supply for artificial-intelligence innovation that supports the Department of War's military operations.'
The DOJ, along with xAI and the state of Mississippi, asked the court to dismiss the suit, filed by the NAACP in April.
The NAACP alleges xAI isn't following the Clean Air Act and is endangering p
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