Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims

<p>Former xAI engineer Devin Kim alleges he was illegally fired for trying to implement safety mechanisms for the chatbot</p><p>A former engineer at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>’s xAI who now heads a thinktank focused on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai">AI</a> safety filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired from the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/spacex">SpaceX</a> subsidiary for raising concerns about the risks artificial intelligence poses to humanity.</p><p>Devin Kim claims in the lawsuit filed in California state court on Tuesday that his efforts to place guardrails on the development of the chatbot Grok made him a target for company leadership.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/11/elon-musk-engineer-fired-grok-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a>

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