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Musk's xAI explores three-way partnership with Mistral and Cursor - Insider By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has held discussions in recent weeks with French AI startup Mistral and AI coding company Cursor about a potential three-way partnership, according to a report from Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter. Musk has floated the idea of closer AI collaboration with Mistral and Cursor, insiders said. The move comes as xAI seeks to compete with AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI in AI coding services and AI agents. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
Musk's xAI explores three-way partnership with Mistral and Cursor - Insider By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has held discussions in recent weeks with French AI startup Mistral and AI coding company Cursor about a potential three-way partnership, according to a report from Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter. Musk has floated the idea of closer AI collaboration with Mistral and Cursor, insiders said. The move comes as xAI seeks to compete with AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI in AI coding services and AI agents. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
Musk's xAI explores three-way partnership with Mistral and Cursor - Insider By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has held discussions in recent weeks with French AI startup Mistral and AI coding company Cursor about a potential three-way partnership, according to a report from Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter. Musk has floated the idea of closer AI collaboration with Mistral and Cursor, insiders said. The move comes as xAI seeks to compete with AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI in AI coding services and AI agents. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
SpaceX and Cursor team up to boost AI coding development
WASHINGTON -- AI coding platform Cursor is teaming up with SpaceX in an effort to ramp up the development of its artificial intelligence coding tools, the company announced. The startup said the partnership will allow it to expand its model training capabilities by tapping into advanced computing infrastructure, helping it to build more powerful versions of its AI systems. In a social media post, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the combining of these two companies could allow them to "build the world's most useful" AI models. Cursor, which develops "agentic" coding models designed to assist with software development, said its progress has been closely tied to the amount of computing power available. Its initial model, Composer, launched less than a year ago, followed by newer versions that improved performance through expanded training and reinforcement learning. But the company said its growth has been limited by access to large-scale computing resources, which is a common challenge across the AI industry. Through the new partnership, Cursor will use infrastructure tied to SpaceX's affiliated AI company, xAI, including its "Colossus" system, to significantly scale up training. The company said increased compute capacity has already proven critical to improving its models, with each upgrade leading to more advanced capabilities at lower cost.
SpaceX and Cursor team up to boost AI coding development
WASHINGTON -- AI coding platform Cursor is teaming up with SpaceX in an effort to ramp up the development of its artificial intelligence coding tools, the company announced. The startup said the partnership will allow it to expand its model training capabilities by tapping into advanced computing infrastructure, helping it to build more powerful versions of its AI systems. In a social media post, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the combining of these two companies could allow them to "build the world's most useful" AI models. Cursor, which develops "agentic" coding models designed to assist with software development, said its progress has been closely tied to the amount of computing power available. Its initial model, Composer, launched less than a year ago, followed by newer versions that improved performance through expanded training and reinforcement learning. But the company said its growth has been limited by access to large-scale computing resources, which is a common challenge across the AI industry. Through the new partnership, Cursor will use infrastructure tied to SpaceX's affiliated AI company, xAI, including its "Colossus" system, to significantly scale up training. The company said increased compute capacity has already proven critical to improving its models, with each upgrade leading to more advanced capabilities at lower cost.
SpaceX and Cursor team up to boost AI coding development
WASHINGTON -- AI coding platform Cursor is teaming up with SpaceX in an effort to ramp up the development of its artificial intelligence coding tools, the company announced. The startup said the partnership will allow it to expand its model training capabilities by tapping into advanced computing infrastructure, helping it to build more powerful versions of its AI systems. In a social media post, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the combining of these two companies could allow them to "build the world's most useful" AI models. Cursor, which develops "agentic" coding models designed to assist with software development, said its progress has been closely tied to the amount of computing power available. Its initial model, Composer, launched less than a year ago, followed by newer versions that improved performance through expanded training and reinforcement learning. But the company said its growth has been limited by access to large-scale computing resources, which is a common challenge across the AI industry. Through the new partnership, Cursor will use infrastructure tied to SpaceX's affiliated AI company, xAI, including its "Colossus" system, to significantly scale up training. The company said increased compute capacity has already proven critical to improving its models, with each upgrade leading to more advanced capabilities at lower cost.
SpaceX and Cursor team up to boost AI coding development
WASHINGTON -- AI coding platform Cursor is teaming up with SpaceX in an effort to ramp up the development of its artificial intelligence coding tools, the company announced. The startup said the partnership will allow it to expand its model training capabilities by tapping into advanced computing infrastructure, helping it to build more powerful versions of its AI systems. In a social media post, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the combining of these two companies could allow them to "build the world's most useful" AI models. Cursor, which develops "agentic" coding models designed to assist with software development, said its progress has been closely tied to the amount of computing power available. Its initial model, Composer, launched less than a year ago, followed by newer versions that improved performance through expanded training and reinforcement learning. But the company said its growth has been limited by access to large-scale computing resources, which is a common challenge across the AI industry. Through the new partnership, Cursor will use infrastructure tied to SpaceX's affiliated AI company, xAI, including its "Colossus" system, to significantly scale up training. The company said increased compute capacity has already proven critical to improving its models, with each upgrade leading to more advanced capabilities at lower cost.
SpaceX and Cursor team up to boost AI coding development
WASHINGTON -- AI coding platform Cursor is teaming up with SpaceX in an effort to ramp up the development of its artificial intelligence coding tools, the company announced. The startup said the partnership will allow it to expand its model training capabilities by tapping into advanced computing infrastructure, helping it to build more powerful versions of its AI systems. In a social media post, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the combining of these two companies could allow them to "build the world's most useful" AI models. Cursor, which develops "agentic" coding models designed to assist with software development, said its progress has been closely tied to the amount of computing power available. Its initial model, Composer, launched less than a year ago, followed by newer versions that improved performance through expanded training and reinforcement learning. But the company said its growth has been limited by access to large-scale computing resources, which is a common challenge across the AI industry. Through the new partnership, Cursor will use infrastructure tied to SpaceX's affiliated AI company, xAI, including its "Colossus" system, to significantly scale up training. The company said increased compute capacity has already proven critical to improving its models, with each upgrade leading to more advanced capabilities at lower cost.
Retraction Note: Strengthening network DDOS attack detection in heterogeneous IoT environment with federated XAI learning approach - Scientific Reports
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Anthropic's Stealth Test Yanks Claude Code from Pro Plans, Sparking Developer Fury
Developers logged into Anthropic's site this week and saw it: Claude Code, the prized coding tool, vanished from the Pro subscription list. No email. No heads-up. Just an "X" where a check mark once sat on the pricing page. Spotlight first hit when AI skeptic Ed Zitron shared screenshots. By Tuesday, the phrase "includes Claude Code" was gone. The Register confirmed the shift, noting inconsistencies -- some pages still listed Pro access, while updated docs pinned it to the pricier Max plan. Claude.ai itself, when prodded, claimed Pro users still get it. But reality bit harder. Developers vented on Reddit and X. One post: "Anthropic removed Claude Code from Pro plan with zero announcement." (@hrshkshri). Another: "Feels like they're getting desperate... Why is Anthropic the only company going this hard to milk their users?" (@nateless). Backlash built fast. And Anthropic blinked. Head of growth Amol Avasare jumped on X. "For clarity, we're running a small test on ~2 percent of new prosumer signups," he posted. "Existing Pro and Max subscribers aren't affected." (link). He promised: existing users would hear directly, not via "a screenshot on X or Reddit." Anthropic's capacity crunch forces the hand. Here's the rub. Subscriptions like Pro -- at $20 a month -- charge far below the token costs they guzzle. Sometimes by tenfold, per industry watchers. Claude's exploded in use since bundling Code into Max post-Opus 4. Add Cowork. Long-running agents. Engagement per user? Skyrocketing. Plans weren't built for this. Avasare explained: "When we launched Max a year ago, it didn't include Claude Code, Cowork didn't exist, and agents that run for hours weren't a thing. Max was designed for heavy chat usage, that's it." Now? They're testing tweaks -- weekly caps, peak limits -- to match reality. Last month brought off-peak nudges, utility-style. Capacity woes plague peers too. GitHub grounded Copilot accounts (The Register). Google hit similar walls. But why test publicly? Without fanfare? A spokesperson dodged that one. Sites stayed messy -- the Claude Code page still touted Pro access. CLI output? Still said "Claude Pro." Confusion reigned. Developers smell a push to Max -- $100 to $200 tiers. Or cheaper rivals: China's Minimax, Qwen, Kimi, GLM. "Many are already eyeing Kimi for better value in coding," noted one X user (@MikelEcheve). Risky. Trust erodes fast in AI. Enterprise eyes watch closer. They demand stability. Sudden shifts? Uncertainty. Anthropic's pattern stings more amid prior moves. Early April, they axed Pro/Max for third-party agents like OpenClaw -- straining compute, per head of Claude Code Boris Cherny (VentureBeat, April 3). "Subscriptions weren't built for the usage patterns of these third-party tools," he wrote. That cutoff hit April 4, 12 p.m. PT. Less than 24 hours' notice. OpenCode users got 403 errors. Loopholes closed -- Pro keys were subsidized gold for heavy API-like burns. Devs grumbled then too. Hacker News threads lit up: "It was a loophole. They closed it." But others fumed over lost tooling freedom. History repeats. January blocks on third-party harnesses spoofing Claude Code (VentureBeat). Revocations to rivals like xAI, OpenAI. Leaks? 8,000 GitHub repos yanked in April cleanup gone awry (TechCrunch). So what's next? Avasare hints at options. Feedback flows. But silence on rollout irks. Pro users hold -- for now. New signups? Guinea pigs in a 2% test. One dev quipped: "Time to try codex... Or coding manually." (@glennotiende). Others cancel. Churn brews. Anthropic bets on Claude's pull -- top coding agent, per fans. But nickel-and-diming? In a field of alternatives? Bold. Or brittle. Watch the pricing page. Changes stick there first. And developers talk. Loudly.
SpaceX bought around 20% of all Cybertrucks sold in Q4
It's hard to look at the Tesla Cybertruck as a succes, looking at sales figures over the past couple of years since its debut. But there is of course one way to prop up sales, and that's for Elon Musk to buy them himself. And that's, seemingly, kind of what he has done. A new report by Bloomberg suggests that nearly one in five Cybertrucks sold in late 2025 was bought by Elon Musk's own companies, with SpaceX doing most of the heavy lifting. Out of roughly 7000 trucks registered in the US during Q4, around 1279 went to SpaceX, with additional units snapped up by other Musk-linked firms like xAI, Neuralink and The Boring Company. That puts the total at just under 20% of all sales for the quarter. And it didn't stop there. The same pattern has continued into 2026, with more Cybertrucks being registered to those companies in the early months of the year. That makes for a murkier sales picture than before, now that we know Musk and his companies owns a significant chunk of the total amount of Cybertrucks in the US. Without those internal purchases, Cybertruck sales would look significantly weaker. In fact, some estimates suggest registrations could have dropped by more than half if you removed those company buys.
Elon Musk Teases Grok Plugins for Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint With xAI Demo: Here's What Grok Can D
Over the weekend, Elon Musk said that plugins for Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) Excel, Word and PowerPoint are "coming soon." Grok AI Could Soon Integrate With Microsoft Office His announcement came following an update by xAI senior engineer Matthew Dabit on a demo showing Grok 4.3 converting a dense neuroscience research paper into a polished nine-slide presentation in minutes. "Grok 4.3 just turned a full tDCS/TMS neuroscience paper into this clean 9-slide academic deck in minutes," Dabit wrote on X, adding, "Stop doing the boring work. Grok it." AI Push Targets Productivity Gains The capability underscores a broader push to automate time-consuming tasks like summarizing complex documents and designing slide decks. Microsoft has been independently embedding AI across Excel, Word and PowerPoint to streamline everyday tasks. In Excel, AI can analyze data, suggest formulas, build PivotTables, clean datasets and generate charts and summaries. Word's tools can draft, rewrite and summarize text while adjusting tone. PowerPoint can create presentations from prompts, suggest designs and help users rehearse with feedback. Most of these features are powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, available to paid subscribers, with a limited free-tier rollout underway through 2025-2026. Copilot for Microsoft 365 leverages the same underlying technology that powers OpenAI's ChatGPT. Price Action: Microsoft closed at $422.79, up 0.60% on Friday and slipped 0.11% to $422.34 in after-hours trading, according to Benzinga Pro. MSFT ranks in the 93rd percentile for Quality on Benzinga Edge, indicating strong short-term performance but weaker trends over the medium and long term. Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. Photo Courtesy: gguy on Shutterstock.com Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs To add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.
White House says meeting with Anthropic 'productive and constructive'
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met with senior administration officials staff at the White House Friday, sparking new questions over the future of the artificial intelligence firm's relationship with the Trump administration amid its ongoing battle with the Pentagon. The White House said the "introductory meeting" with the company was "both productive and constructive." "We discussed opportunities for collaboration, as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling this technology," the White House added in a statement shared with The Hill. "The conversation also explored the balance between advancing innovation and ensuring safety. We look forward to continuing this dialogue and will host similar discussions with other leading AI companies." A spokesperson for Anthropic confirmed the meeting, stating Amodei had a "productive discussion on how Anthropic and the U.S. government can work together on key shared priorities such as cybersecurity, America's lead in the AI race, and AI safety." The high-stakes meeting involved Amodei, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Axios first reported. The Hill reached out to the Treasury Department for comment. "The meeting reflected Anthropic's ongoing commitment to engaging with the U.S. government on the development of responsible AI," the Anthropic spokesperson said. "We are grateful for their time and are looking forward to continuing these discussions." It comes just over a week after Anthropic announced it would limit the release of its new Mythos model to a limited set of companies, banks and government entities given its cybersecurity capabilities. While the tool can help governments find cybersecurity vulnerabilities in infrastructure, web browsers or software, it also makes it much easier for hackers to exploit these security gaps. Upon learning about Mythos and its capabilities earlier this month, multiple Trump administration officials quickly engaged with Anthropic, despite its ongoing legal fight with the Pentagon. Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened Wall Street executives last week to discuss the cybersecurity concerns, mulitple people familiar with the meeting told The Hill. CNBC later reported the Treasury secretary joined Vice President Vance on a call with a group of technology leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, xAI CEO and former Trump adviser Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others, to discuss the security of AI models. Friday's meeting could signal a new chapter for Anthropic's rocky relationship with the Trump administration. It comes nearly two months after negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic fell apart over safety guardrails, prompting the Pentagon to label the company as a supply chain risk. President Trump also directed federal civilian agencies to stop using Anthropic's models, prompting the company to sue the federal government. A preliminary injunction was granted by a California federal judge, putting a temporary pause on the government's directive not to use Anthropic's technology. Mythos has already found thousands of high-security vulnerabilities, some of which date back more than two decades, according to Anthropic. Multiple banks on Wall Street are already using the model to spot vulnerabilities, while technology firms like Google and Apple are testing it as part of Anthropic's new security initiative Project Glasswing. Anthropic is also in conversations with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Center for AI Standards and Innovation about Mythos, a company official told The Hill earlier this week. Bloomberg reported this week that the White House is preparing to make a version of Anthropic's AI model available to major federal agencies.
Cybertruck Sales "Propped Up" By SpaceX Buying Spree - Conservative Angle
Bloomberg is out with a new report saying Tesla's Cybertruck sales were "propped up" in the fourth quarter by purchases from companies inside Elon Musk's business empire. SpaceX accounted for 1,279 Cybertruck registrations, or about 18% of all U.S. Cybertruck registrations during the last quarter of 2025. The report went on to say that xAI, Boring Co., and Neuralink also purchased the stainless-steel EV during the period. "That means almost one in every five Cybertrucks registered during the period were delivered from one part of Musk's sprawling business empire to another," Bloomberg's Dana Hull noted. Hull added, "Without those sales to other Musk-run companies -- which included xAI, Boring Co. and Neuralink, in addition to SpaceX -- Cybertruck registrations in the fourth quarter would have fallen 51%." Hull quoted Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting for advisory firm AutoForecast Solutions, who said, "Tesla is running out of buyers for the Cybertruck." Hull said the registration data was sourced from S&P Global Mobility and, in her words, suggests only that "demand for the pickup is fading just two years after launch." Cybertruck's struggles are not unique to Tesla. In fact, electric pickups have been a major bust across the U.S. EV market. Ford recently converted its electric F-150 Lightning production lines to extended-range hybrid vehicles. And we're sure in President Trump's war economy, autos will be converting EV lines or other production lines into making weapons (read report). Despite the continued downturn in EVs, Cox Automotive data show the Cybertruck was still the top-selling EV truck in the U.S. in the first quarter. High sticker price and elevated interest rates are likely major factors behind the Cybertruck's dismal sales. Bankrate data show the national average 60-month loan rate for new vehicles is still above 7%, down from 8% during the Biden years but still sharply higher than the sub-4% levels seen in 2021. Federal subsidies for EVs have also been cut under the Trump administration's second term.
Cybertruck Sales "Propped Up" By SpaceX Buying Spree
Bloomberg is out with a new report saying Tesla's Cybertruck sales were "propped up" in the fourth quarter by purchases from companies inside Elon Musk's business empire. SpaceX accounted for 1,279 Cybertruck registrations, or about 18% of all U.S. Cybertruck registrations during the last quarter of 2025. The report went on to say that xAI, Boring Co., and Neuralink also purchased the stainless-steel EV during the period. "That means almost one in every five Cybertrucks registered during the period were delivered from one part of Musk's sprawling business empire to another," Bloomberg's Dana Hull noted. Hull added, "Without those sales to other Musk-run companies -- which included xAI, Boring Co. and Neuralink, in addition to SpaceX -- Cybertruck registrations in the fourth quarter would have fallen 51%." Hull quoted Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting for advisory firm AutoForecast Solutions, who said, "Tesla is running out of buyers for the Cybertruck." Hull said the registration data was sourced from S&P Global Mobility and, in her words, suggests only that "demand for the pickup is fading just two years after launch." Cybertruck's struggles are not unique to Tesla. In fact, electric pickups have been a major bust across the U.S. EV market. Ford recently converted its electric F-150 Lightning production lines to extended-range hybrid vehicles. And we're sure in President Trump's war economy, autos will be converting EV lines or other production lines into making weapons (read report). Despite the continued downturn in EVs, Cox Automotive data show the Cybertruck was still the top-selling EV truck in the U.S. in the first quarter. High sticker price and elevated interest rates are likely major factors behind the Cybertruck's dismal sales. Bankrate data show the national average 60-month loan rate for new vehicles is still above 7%, down from 8% during the Biden years but still sharply higher than the sub-4% levels seen in 2021. Federal subsidies for EVs have also been cut under the Trump administration's second term.
Remote Business Expert - Marketing & Communications at xAI
xAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. As a Business Expert - Marketing & Communications on the Human Data Team, you will contribute to creating cutting-edge datasets to advance Grok's capabilities. Collaborating closely with technical staff, you'll support xAI's mission through labeling and annotating data in multiple formats. You will leverage your expertise in marketing strategy, brand development, and content creation to support the training of advanced AI systems. This fast-paced role requires adaptability, attention to detail, and the ability to follow evolving instructions to deliver impactful data. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Work on marketing and communications problems from real-world business scenarios that align with your expertise, providing accurate solutions, detailed annotations, and model critiques where you can confidently evaluate responses (e.g., brand positioning frameworks, integrated campaign development, customer journey mapping, crisis communications plans, and market research synthesis). * Utilize proprietary software to provide accurate input and labels to deliver high-quality data. * Collaborate with technical staff to improve the design of efficient annotation tools. * Interpret, analyze, and execute tasks based on evolving instructions, maintaining precision and adaptability. QUALIFICATIONS: * 5+ years of practical marketing or brand communications experience (hands-on role in campaign execution, brand strategy, or content leadership). * Proficiency in marketing platforms (e.g., HubSpot, Marketo, Google Analytics, SEMrush) and content tools (e.g., Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma). * Strong eye for evaluating messaging effectiveness, brand consistency, and audience resonance across channels. * Ability to navigate marketing resources such as brand guidelines, campaign performance data, customer research, and competitive audits. * Proficiency in reading and writing informal and professional English. * Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills. * Excellent reading comprehension and ability to exercise autonomous judgment with limited data. * Passion for technological advancements and innovation in business. LOCATION AND OTHER EXPECTATIONS: * Tutor roles may be offered as full-time, part-time, or contractor positions, depending on role needs and candidate fit. * For contractor positions, hours will vary widely based on project scope and contractor availability, with no fixed commitments required. On average most projects may involve at least 10 hours per week to achieve deliverables effectively though this is not a fixed commitment and depends on the scope of work. Contractors have full flexibility to set their own hours and determine the exact amount of time needed to complete deliverables. * Tutor roles may be performed remotely from any location worldwide, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone compatibility, and role specific needs. * For US based candidates, please note we are unable to hire in the states of Wyoming and Illinois at this time. * We are unable to provide visa sponsorship. * For those who will be working from a personal device, your computer must be a Chromebook, Mac with MacOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.
Elon Musk's xAI Sued By NAACP Over Memphis Data Centers
Drop a comment. Keep it going. Easier commenting, sharper moderation, and fresh features to react, and reply. The NAACP alleges that data centers operated by Elon Musk's xAI in Memphis are violating the Clean Air Act in a lawsuit filed against the company on Tuesday. CNBC reports that the suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and claims that xAI installed 27 gas turbines "without an air permit or regard for the health and safety of people living nearby." The NAACP is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as for the companies to "cease operating the Colossus Gas Plant unless and until they obtain the required permits; to apply the necessary pollution controls; and to pay appropriate civil penalties for each day of violation." "Our right to clean air is not up for negotiation, especially when companies prove expediency, not people, is their priority," Abre' Conner, NAACP Director of Environmental and Climate Justice, said in an emailed statement to CNBC. Love Civil Rights & Social Justice? Get more! Join the The Urban Daily Newsletter In Content Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Subscribe We care about your data. See our privacy policy. xAI has skirted around obtaining permits for the gas turbines by claiming they're only for temporary use. The company has elected to use the turbines as the city's power grid doesn't provide enough energy to power the data center. The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and EarthJustice are representing the NAACP in its case against xAI. The SELC's website states that xAI has a history of using unpermitted gas turbines to power its data centers, which are often located in low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods. The data center at the heart of the NAACP's lawsuit is located only a few miles away from Boxtown, a city whose population is 90% Black and has a median income of $36,000, according to Census data. Shelby County already led Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations, and the fumes emitted by the data center have only exacerbated the issue. Politico reported that several Boxtown residents spoke out against the data center at a public hearing last year. "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside," Boxtown resident Alexis Humphreys said through tears, holding up her asthma inhaler during the hearing. "How come I can't breathe at home, and y'all get to breathe at home?" AI data centers have become an increasingly contentious topic in recent years, as it's hard to see them as anything other than a net negative. While they may create jobs during construction, data centers require very few people to maintain them once operational. The technology they power can also displace people from their jobs. Not to mention the aforementioned environmental impact data centers have on the neighborhoods where they're located. As folks have either seen or heard about the impact of data centers, there has been significant pushback from residents whenever a city council or state legislature considers approving a data center. After widespread public outcry, the city council of Chandler, Arizona, unanimously rejected a proposal to build a data center in the city. Just this week, folks in the small town of Festus, Missouri, voted out four city council members who were up for reelection because they approved the building of an AI data center. Be it lawsuits or electoral consequences, it's clear that people aren't willing to sacrifice their health or economic well-being so AI companies can increase shareholder value. SEE ALSO: Phony Stark AKA Elon Musk Downplays Epstein Files After 'Wildest Party' Email Revealed Elon Musk Says Children Should Be Proud That 'Whites In The West Ended Slavery' In Ahistorical X Post Elon Musk's xAI Sued By NAACP Over Memphis Data Centers was originally published on newsone.com
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7: How to try it, benchmarks, safety
Anthropic has been shipping products and making news at a blistering pace in 2026, and on Thursday, the AI company announced the launch of Claude Opus 4.7. Claude Opus 4.7 is Anthropic's most intelligent model available to the general public. Notably, Anthropic said in a press release that Opus 4.7 is not as powerful as Claude Mythos, which Anthropic deemed too dangerous for public release. Claude Opus is a family of hybrid reasoning models capable of multi-step reasoning and advanced coding. Until the announcement of Claude Mythos on April 7, Claude Opus was considered Anthropic's most advanced series of AI models. Don't miss out on our latest stories: Add Mashable as a trusted news source in Google. Claude Opus 4.7 is available now via Claude AI, the Claude API, and Anthropic partners such as Microsoft Foundry. The new model is priced the same as Claude Opus 4.6. However, Anthropic noted that because "Opus 4.7 thinks more at higher effort levels," it uses more ouput tokens than its predecessor. Users can read more about how to optimize token usage in the Opus 4.7 migration guide. As expected, Claude Opus 4.7 offers improved capabilities across the board. In particular, Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.7 is better at advanced coding tasks, visual intelligence, and document analysis. Anthropic also says Opus 4.7 is "more tasteful and creative when completing professional tasks, producing higher-quality interfaces, slides, and docs." "Users report being able to hand off their hardest coding work -- the kind that previously needed close supervision -- to Opus 4.7 with confidence. Opus 4.7 handles complex, long-running tasks with rigor and consistency, pays precise attention to instructions, and devises ways to verify its own outputs before reporting back," reads an Anthropic blog post. Anthropic released a detailed model card outlining how Claude Opus 4.7 compares to other Anthropic models and frontier models from OpenAI, Google, and xAI. Opus 4.7 lags behind the unreleased Claude Mythos, which Anthropic reports scores significantly higher on common benchmarks such as Humanity's Last Exam. "Claude Opus 4.7 is less capable than Claude Mythos Preview on every relevant axis we measured and does not advance our capability frontier," the model card states." That means Claude Opus 4.7 is not evidence that AI development has accelerated beyond existing trend lines. On Humanity's Last Exam (without tools), Anthropic reports that Claude Opus 4.7 outperforms all other frontier models except Claude Mythos. With tools, GPT-5-4-Pro scored 58.7 percent compared to Opus 4.7's 54.7 percent. Mythos beat them both with 64.7 percent. Mashable has not independently verified these benchmark results. Full results are available in the Opus 4.7 model card. Overall, Anthropic scored Opus 4.7 above other leading models in some benchmarks, though Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5-4 score higher in some areas. Anthropic also reports that Opus 4.7 shows a low risk of misaligned behaviors, with a similar risk profile as Opus 4.6. For example, Anthropic says Opus 4.7 is less likely to hallucinate and shows lower rates of reward hacking. "Claude Opus 4.7 is more reliably honest than Opus 4.6 or Sonnet 4.6, with large reductions in the rate of important omissions, and moderate improvements in factuality and rates of hallucinated input," the model card states.
NAACP sues xAI over air pollution near Memphis data center
(The Center Square) - The NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against Elon Musk's xAI, saying the company is illegally operating 27 methane gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center complex across the state line in Memphis. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, the NAACP says emissions from the gas turbines violate the Clean Air Act. The Colossus 2 data center near Memphis is the primary training facility for Grok-4, xAI's next generation chatbot.
NAACP sues xAI over air pollution near Memphis data center
(The Center Square) - The NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against Elon Musk's xAI, saying the company is illegally operating 27 methane gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center complex across the state line in Memphis. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, the NAACP says emissions from the gas turbines violate the Clean Air Act. The Colossus 2 data center near Memphis is the primary training facility for Grok-4, xAI's next generation chatbot. The NAACP says between August and December, xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech, operated 27 gas turbines in Southaven, Miss., "without an air permit or regard for the health and safety of people living nearby." Represented by Earthjustice and the Southern Environmental Law Center, the NAACP is suing to halt xAI's operations until the company obtains permits, installs the most effective pollution controls available, and pays financial penalties for every day that air quality violations occurred. In response to the legal action, xAI confirmed commitment to environmental standards. "The temporary power generation units are operating in compliance with all applicable laws," a company statement said. "A data center should not be a potential death sentence for a community's health," said Abre' Conner, NAACP director of environmental and climate justice. "By looking to evade clean air laws to operate dirty turbines that emit pollution and known carcinogens, these companies are following a shameful, familiar pattern: asking Black and frontline communities to bear the toxic brunt of 'innovation.'" The Southern Environmental Law Center says xAI's failure to obtain a permit for the power generation plant created health risks for families in northern Mississippi and Memphis in violation of the Clean Air Act, which requires major sources of pollution to obtain air permits before beginning construction or operations. The plaintiffs contend the gas turbines emit pollutants like formaldehyde and nitrogen oxides into predominantly Black communities already overburdened by industrial pollution. The NAACP says in the lawsuit that the gas turbines on the Colossus 2 site could potentially emit over 1,700 tons of nitrogen oxides annually, which would make it the largest industrial source of the pollutant in the 11-county Memphis metropolitan area. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by the NAACP follows a legal fight in 2025 over xAI's use of gas turbines without permits to power the Colossus 1 data center. In 2024, Mississippi and Tennessee officials allowed xAI to operate gas turbines without a permit because they were classified as "temporary" and "mobile" units intended to run for less than a year. Under this "temporary-mobile" exemption, no official tracking of toxic releases was required. In June 2025, after the NAACP and the Southern Environmental Law Center issued a formal notice of intent to sue, xAI removed 20 turbines from the Colossus 1 site and eventually obtained permits for the remaining 15 units. The Colossus 2 data center will host 555,000 Nvidia GPUs and that potentially require 2 gigawatts of generation capacity, according to xAI. At the Colossus 2 site, the company plans to train chatbots with improvements over previous versions that include advanced reasoning abilities, faster data processing, and near-instant response times for end users. To help manage the massive power load, xAI reports it has deployed about 600 industrial-grade batteries with approximately 2.3 gigawatt-hours of storage designed to provide energy buffer at times of high energy usage by the Colossus data center while also capable of supplying the local grid during peak demand. According to the NAACP, the gas turbines at the site still pose a significant risk, with potential annual emissions of 180 tons of fine particulate matter, 500 tons of carbon monoxide, and 19 tons of formaldehyde - a toxic, cancer-causing chemical. "xAI's continued operation of these turbines without a permit and without adequate pollution controls is not only illegal, it's an insult to families living nearby who for months have expressed serious concerns about how air pollution from the company's personal power plant could impact their health and well-being," said Ben Grillot, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, a party in the lawsuit.
