Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado arguing its AI rules restrict speech

The AI company argued that such rules would force it to feed its AI chatbot Grok with data aligned with Colorado’s political views rather than striving to be “maximally truth seeking.”

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado, seeking to block incoming AI rules that restrict speech from AI chatbots like Grok.

The AI company is specifically challenging Colorado’s Senate Bill 24-205, which aims to protect AI users from “algorithmic discrimination” in areas like employment, housing and finance. 

However, in a filing to a US district court in Colorado on Thursday, xAI argued that “Colorado cannot alter xAI’s message simply because it wants to amplify its own views on the highly politicized subjects of fairness and equity.”

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