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Ex-xAI Engineer Sues SpaceX Over AI Safety, IPO

6/11/2026

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  • A lawsuit was filed in California state court days before SpaceX’s planned initial public offering.
  • Devin Kim, former xAI engineer and Center for AI Safety president, sued SpaceX and xAI for wrongful termination after raising AI safety concerns.
  • Kim says Jimmy Ba, co-founder of SpaceX, rejected his Grok chatbot safety proposals and fired him in September.