Memphis Mayor Paul Young is pushing back against criticism of his approach to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, SpaceXAI, after a public dispute over the company’s presence in Memphis spilled onto social media and into a panel discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Legislative Conference (CBCF) in Washington, D.C.
The controversy followed a public back-and-forth between Young and Memphis attorney Henry Reaves over SpaceXAI, the Memphis Safe Task Force and other issues, according to Action News 5.
On Thursday (September 17), Young responded on Facebook, saying he had seen “misinformed, silly a** posts” trying to paint him as a “sellout.” He said he had plenty to “clapback with” but chose to stay focused on his work…