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Here’s how xAI is training its chatbot in Memphis
The Memphis supercomputer is a “massive training center” for xAI’s chatbot Grok, a competitor of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk said in a recent interview.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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City of Memphis Young plans to make city’s CFO, COO permanent
Antonio Adams and Walter Person have served in an interim capacity since Memphis Mayor Paul Young took office Jan. 1.
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City of Memphis Judge rules MPD sergeants can be part of lawsuit
The lawsuit stems from the department’s decision to create a second lieutenant position, a move that the sergeants say harms their career prospects.
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City of Memphis MLGW says it can’t reject serving xAI with electricity
The utility company also said the supercomputer’s heavy electric load will have “no impact” on its reliability.
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Public SafetyMPD officer, civilian dead after early morning crash
A Memphis police officer and a civilian died early Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash near Downtown, the Memphis Police Department said. A second officer is in critical condition at Regional One Health.
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Metro Tyre Nichols’ son must be represented in civil suit, judge says
A federal judge ruled Friday that Tyre Nichols’ young son must be represented by someone besides his grandmother RowVaughn Wells’ attorneys in the civil rights lawsuit against the City of Memphis.
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Elections Here’s who’s going to Nashville from Shelby County
The incumbents in every contested Shelby County legislative primary cruised to reelection Thursday, meaning there may not be much change in the local delegation.
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Elections Senate District 30’s Sara Kyle faces primary challenger
Longtime Tennessee Sen. Sara Kyle faces a Democratic primary challenger on the August ballot — Erika Stotts Pearson, a perennial candidate for higher office.
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Elections District 97’s John Gillespie faces primary challenger
The Republican primary winner is likely to face a spirited general-election challenge. State House District 97, which includes parts of East Memphis and Bartlett, is among the most competitive in the state.
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City of Memphis Environmental groups urge TVA not to serve xAI
The request comes amid the backdrop of some grassroots opposition to the project in Memphis and growing awareness nationwide of the demands supercomputers and other data centers have placed on electric grids and water supplies.
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Business XAI to build greywater plant, could one day sell it to Memphis
The treated wastewater from the plant would replace demand on the region’s supply and save hundreds of millions of drinking water a year from industrial use.
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City of Memphis Liberty Park development clears Memphis City Council
Liberty Park, formerly known as the Mid-South Fairgrounds, could see a broad transformation in the coming years with $112.5 million in private development now cleared for takeoff.
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South MemphisPermits not required for temporary xAI turbines
Environmental activists have raised concerns about emissions from the site as well as impact on the region’s drinking water.
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South MemphisResidents, activists voice concerns, hear details of xAI project
The meeting hosted by MLGW alongside Memphis City Council member Pearl Walker came after months of community worry about the project, which promises to add the electrical equivalent of several thousand homes to the utility’s distribution system.
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City of MemphisHere’s the city spending that sparked bond agency worry
After the City of Memphis spent $74.5 million of its fund balance in fiscal year 2024, The Daily Memphian filed a Tennessee Public Records Act request to see how the money was spent.
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BusinessPlans accelerate for Memphis greywater plant
After xAI’s supercomputer came online, the Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence startup revamped its plans for a greywater facility to include other large water users.
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Public SafetyNew polling data shows opinions on mayor, police chief
A survey of Memphis residents finds 17% don’t know who Mayor Paul Young is, and 35% have never heard of Interim Police Chief C.J. Davis.
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City of Memphis Document details what jobs MATA will cut: ‘Not a fun day’
New Memphis Area Transit Authority documents detail which jobs the transit system plans to cut as it attempts to right-size its operations.
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City of MemphisFairgrounds development wants to be Chick-fil-A of entertainment. Can it?
The planned $112.5 million private development High 5 could transform Liberty Park, formerly known as the Mid-South Fairgrounds, and bail the City of Memphis out of an underwater wager.
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State Government Secretary of State won’t let Memphians vote on local gun control
“Common sense says local governments can’t override state law to give a 12-year-old a driver’s license, and they can’t override other state laws either,” Hargett said in a statement emailed to The Daily Memphian.
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TN Repubs threaten to withhold sales tax over Memphis gun votes
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State Government TN Repubs threaten to withhold sales tax over Memphis gun votes
Memphis City Council member Dr. Jeff Warren said he was disappointed by the news. “Cities are different animals from (the) countryside,” he said.
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State Government Local reaction to gun-control threat crosses party lines
State reps. John Gillespie and Justin J. Pearson were some of the Memphis-area legislators pushing for local gun-control measures on the Nov. 5 ballot after a threat from state Republican leadership.
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Shelby County Electric bills are going up as TVA raises rates
Energy costs continued to climb for Memphians last week when the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors voted to raise electric rates.
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South MemphisEnvironmentalists urge health department to take action on xAI
The EPA considers turbines, such as the ones being used at the xAI supercomputer in Memphis, a significant source of hazardous air pollutants.
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City of Memphis Memphis City Council sues Election Commission over gun-control vote
“We won’t back down and d--n sure won’t be bullied,” Memphis City Council Chair JB Smiley Jr. said, as council members announced the lawsuit.
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