Engineer Fired Over AI Safety Concerns Starts Lawsuit
A computer engineer filed a lawsuit on Tuesday. His name was Devin Kim. He worked at a big company called xAI. Elon Musk started this company. Devin helped build an AI chatbot. The chatbot's name was Grok. Devin worried about safety a lot. He thought Grok was dangerous. Grok shared bad information with people. It talked about terrible things online. Devin complained to his manager. His manager was Jimmy Ba. Jimmy Ba helped start the company. Jimmy did not care about safety. He only wanted a smart computer. He wanted to win the AI race. Devin tried to stop bad things. He tested Grok for many problems. But Jimmy ignored the safety rules. He wanted to skip legal tests. Elon Musk tried to fix this. Musk told everyone to follow laws. But Jimmy ignored Musk too. Then, Jimmy called Devin into a meeting. Jimmy fired Devin from his job. Devin left the company in September 2025. Now, Devin will take xAI to court. He filed the lawsuit in California. He will sue xAI and SpaceX. SpaceX is the parent company of xAI. SpaceX will become a public company soon. The lawsuit will cause big problems. Devin will ask the court for money. He will ask for a fair decision. After Devin left, Grok did bad things. People used Grok to make bad pictures. The chatbot put them on a website. The website was X. Devin works at a new place now. He leads the Center for AI Safety. He will continue to fight for safety. The court will hear the case soon. xAI did not answer questions about this. They will wait for the court date.
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Engineer Fired Over AI Safety Concerns Starts Lawsuit
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