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Local students speak in opposition to a proposal by Elon Musk's xAI to run gas turbines at its data center during a public comment meeting hosted by the Shelby County Health Department at Fairley High School on xAI's permit application to use gas turbines for a new data center in Memphis, TN on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Local Reporter Neil Strebig on Covering xAI's Expansion in Memphis and Beyond

MEMPHIS, TN - APRIL 25, 2025: Demonstrators gather outside of Fairley High School in opposition to xAI's use of gas turbines for its data center ahead of a public comment meeting on the project. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The Debate Over xAI's Expansion in Memphis, Two Years In

Chris Riley

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Building Trust Infrastructure for Agentic AI

Zach Deocadiz

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AI Didn’t Kill Design—It Exposed It

Deborah Glosser

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How State Utility Regulators Are Shaping AI Infrastructure Deployment

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Alex Stamos on Why the US Should Lift Its Fable and Mythos Export Ban

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President Donald J. Trump holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

President Donald J. Trump holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Official White House 

Transparency and Accountability Gaps in Trump's New AI Executive Order

Ikenna Ogbogu

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AI, Privacy, and the Hidden Architecture of Harm from Inference

Evan Liu

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AI's Catastrophic Risk Isn't Rogue Machines, It's Cognitive Surrender

Kris Rose

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Toward Representative AI Governance

Varsha Bansal

A Meta sign at Meta Headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in January 2025.

Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley’s AI Push

Amaia Aguilar

Protesters march through downtown Memphis, Tennessee, carrying signs opposing Elon Musk and xAI during the "Get Out of Memphis" demonstration on October 4, 2025. (Photo by AUSTIN JOHNSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Addressing Regulatory Arbitrage in the AI Supply Chain

Joana Soares

Members of the European Parliament Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamra pictured during the AI omnibus interinstitutional negotiations. / Photo: EP

Members of the European Parliament and Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamra pictured during the AI omnibus interinstitutional negotiations. / Photo: EP

EU Lawmakers Move to Ban AI Nudifiers, but Enforcement Remains Unclear

Joseph Hoefer

Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of Commerce, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA)

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