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Morning Docket: 08.28.26

A lawsuit alleges Elon Musk's xAI used child sexual abuse material to train its Grok AI models, according to Ars Technica. The suit claims the training data included illegal content, raising concerns about AI training practices. Additionally, a court rejected the Defense Department's argument to ban Anthropic's AI tool as a national security threat, per Law360.

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