Thread by @JuddLegum

1. EXCLUSIVE

Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Colossus, using Chinese transformers, leaving it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage

Colossus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military

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3. An April report published by the security firm Gladstone AI noted that Chinese transformers "can be used as back-doors for sabotage operations. Indeed back-door electronics are known to have been installed in Chinese-made transformers.”

4. The Department of War awarded xAI a contract worth up to $200 million in July to develop "AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges… across warfighting and enterprise domains.”

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5. The Department of Energy appears to have already examined Chinese-made transformers for backdoor access. In 2019, a Chinese transformer bound for a Colorado substation was seized by US authorities... sparking fears that it contained hardware capable of disrupting the national grid.

6. xAI’s facility in Tennessee has already been targeted by a “foreign national” with “Russian” ties, according to a new lawsuit

“These actions may be part of a larger nefarious plan,” wrote xAI’s attorneys

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