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xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims

CANDIDATE · 2026-06-10 · United States · Consumer Technology · signal 8/10

Devin Kim, a former engineer at xAI, filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired for raising concerns about the safety of the Grok AI chatbot. The lawsuit alleges that xAI and its co-founder Jimmy Ba ignored safety regulations and prioritized performance over safety, leading to harmful outcomes from Grok's deployment.

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