Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado over new rules for artificial intelligence | AI (artificial intelligence)
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over the new artificial intelligence law that will come into force in June.
The lawsuit aims to block the state from enforcing the law, which imposes new requirements on artificial intelligence systems to protect state residents from “algorithmic discrimination” in sectors such as education, employment, healthcare, housing and financial services.
Colorado became the first state to pass a comprehensive bill to regulate artificial intelligence.
The company claims the law violates first amendment free speech protections and would force xAI to “promote the state’s ideological views on a variety of issues, particularly racial justice.” According to Financial TimesThe first person to report the case. “Their provision prohibits AI system developers from producing speech that the state of Colorado does not like.”
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Colorado, comes as state and federal battles escalate over how to regulate the fast-growing technology. While states such as California and New York are trying to rein in artificial intelligence with regulations, the Trump administration is also trying to loosen the rules and impose a moratorium on state laws.
xAI, which makes the chatbot Grok, is grappling with accusations of discrimination. The chatbot repeatedly spread racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic content, pushed “white genocide” conspiracies, and called itself “MechaHitler.”
Katie Miller, former spokesperson for xAI and wife of Trump advisor Stephen Miller, announced the lawsuit as follows: Publish on X On Thursday: “Colorado wants to force Grok to follow his views on equality and race rather than seek the truth to the fullest. Grok responds to evidence rather than woke leftist government regulations.”
Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, signed the bill into law in 2024, but said he had “reservations.” He called on state lawmakers to change that. The legislation was scheduled to come into force in February but was delayed until June 30.
xAI, which merged with Musk’s rocket company SpaceX earlier this year, is seeking an injunction to block enforcement of the Colorado law and a court declaration that the law is unconstitutional.
The Colorado attorney general’s office declined to comment on the case, and xAI did not return a request for comment.
