Former xAI engineer Devin Kim has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for raising concerns about AI risks and attempting to implement safety measures for Grok. Devin Kim, an early employee of xAI who was promoted, claims that his direct supervisor and co-founder Jimmy Ba ignored Musk's directives on safety testing, rejected his requests for safety mechanisms, and terminated him on the eve of his planned AI safety presentation to executives. The lawsuit accuses xAI and SpaceX of retaliatory and wrongful termination in violation of California law, seeking damages.
