{"id":26428,"date":"2025-08-24T12:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26428"},"modified":"2025-08-24T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:15:06","slug":"ethereum-project-xai-sues-elon-musks-xai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-project-xai-sues-elon-musks-xai\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Project XAI Sues Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum-based gaming network XAI has accused Elon Musk-supported AI startup xAI of trademark infringement and unfair competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex Populus took legal action today to protect the Xai brand. With increased confusion around Elon Musk\u2019s AI company (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@xai<\/a>), it\u2019s a big responsibility to safeguard the brand that the community trusts. You can read more details at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ce8Aw9hNCZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ce8Aw9hNCZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 XAI \ud83c\udfae\u26d3\ufe0f (@XAI_GAMES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XAI_GAMES\/status\/1958728504499171606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the billionaire&#8217;s project has created widespread market confusion, damaging the XAI brand.<\/p>\n<p>The parent company of the gaming protocol, Ex Populus, stated that it has used the &#8220;XAI&#8221; trademark since June 2023, referring to both the protocol and the token.<\/p>\n<p>Musk announced his xAI in July of the same year. The lawsuit includes evidence such as screenshots from social media and websites.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The defendants&#8217; vast user base and market influence have led to widespread consumer confusion regarding the connection between Musk and his company with the plaintiff and the XAI brand,&#8221; the documents state.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The confusion worsened when xAI announced plans to launch a gaming studio in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>As evidence, the plaintiff attached a post from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/square\/post\/22230119741210\">Binance forum<\/a>, where a user had to clarify the differences between the projects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdMdQDueUbMf4nOjKkE2jkml-AAYpXaM6_P8dj-VuJ4ZUvJFmvUDNLIWszLbHjDpIgtQKKHZ0NnlrgdSwuMgDbIiBGkHPEQV9uluQ4cP66j6kXSg_CULycSq5Qk9ywyi3GECRQxqg?key=dwooNYmZYvYCcM33mo9ByA\" alt=\"Ethereum Project XAI Sues Elon Musk's xAI\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Binance forum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Representatives of Ex Populus claim that the damage extends beyond lost business reputation. XAI has faced &#8220;serious negative consumer sentiment&#8221; due to Musk&#8217;s ambiguous image and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grok-improved-grows-more-politicised-and-contentious\">scandals<\/a> surrounding xAI products.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the businessman&#8217;s legal team allegedly attempted to pressure Ex Populus into relinquishing its rights by threatening to cancel its U.S. registration, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has already suspended several registration applications from xAI.<\/p>\n<p>Ex Populus seeks the complete cancellation of the firm&#8217;s pending copyright claims, compensation for infringement, and a court order prohibiting Musk&#8217;s company from using the disputed name.<\/p>\n<p>In August, journalists <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/xais-grok-chatbot-conversations-exposed-on-google\">discovered<\/a> that xAI&#8217;s chatbot Grok had published hundreds of thousands of user dialogues on Google and other search engines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum-based gaming network XAI has accused Elon Musk-supported AI startup xAI of trademark infringement and unfair competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"The Ethereum-based gaming network XAI has accused Elon Musk-supported AI startup xAI of trademark infringement and unfair competition.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1162,1217,1493],"class_list":["post-26428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-court-cases","tag-elon-musk","tag-explainable-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"382","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"The Ethereum-based gaming network XAI has accused Elon Musk-supported AI startup xAI of trademark infringement and unfair competition.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26430,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26428\/revisions\/26430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}