Opinion: The controversy around xAI is far more than environmental — it’s moral
One of Elon Musk’s xAI data centers is located at the former Electrolux plant at 3231 Paul Lowry Road in Southwest Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Stephen Hackett
Stephen Hackett is a technology writer and podcaster, and a lifelong Memphian.
“If we can’t boldly say the ability to create nonconsensual sexual imagery and child sexual-abuse material need to be fully and permanently irradiated from xAI’s products, we are truly lost.”
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