xAI unit offers to buy Southaven homes if owners skip noise lawsuit
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The Guardian reports that xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, has had real estate agents offer to buy homes in Southaven, Mississippi, on condition that owners do not join a lawsuit over noise from a nearby power plant.
A realtor told one resident the target is 418 homes, with 18 owners already agreed to sell, according to a recording the Guardian heard. xAI did not respond to questions about these numbers and denies all claims in the noise lawsuit.
DeSoto county records show MZX, an xAI subsidiary, has bought five homes in the Colonial Hills neighborhood since 9 October. The homes are near xAI's gas-turbine power plant.
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AIxAI, Elon Musk's AI company, has had real estate agents offer to buy homes in Southaven, Mississippi, on condition that owners do not join a lawsuit over noise from a nearby power plant. A realtor told one resident the target is 418 homes, with 18 owners already agreed to sell, according to a recording heard by the Guardian. xAI did not respond to questions about these numbers and denies all claims in the noise lawsuit.
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