xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
Key takeaways
- A former engineer at Elon Musk’s x AI has filed suit against the company and its parent Space X claiming he was fired for raising concerns about AI safety.
- Devin Kim, who left x AI in September 2025, filed the suit in a California state court on Tuesday.
- According to the lawsuit, which Tech Crunch has viewed, Kim became a prominent voice for AI safety while working on Grok, xAI s AI chatbot.
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A former engineer at Elon Musk’s x AI has filed suit against the company and its parent Space X claiming he was fired for raising concerns about AI safety.
Devin Kim, who left x AI in September 2025, filed the suit in a California state court on Tuesday. The complaint comes days before Space X is set to join the public markets in what s shaping up to be the largest IPO in history.
According to the lawsuit, which Tech Crunch has viewed, Kim became a prominent voice for AI safety while working on Grok, xAI s AI chatbot. He allegedly complained repeatedly about xAI’s failure to prioritize safety in Grok s development, a product that has since come under fire for a range of safety and behavioral issues. In particular, Kim was concerned with the possibility that Grok could foment discrimination and help spread information about weapons of mass destruction.