Leaders, lawmakers applaud xAI plans for Memphis as ‘historic’
“It shows that we are leaning into tech,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said of the xAI plan. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Reaction to word of an AI supercomputer coming to southwest Memphis drew bipartisan support from elected and other officials in the city and the region.
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