One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani." ...

Earlier this week, xAI added what can only be described as an AI anime girlfriend named Ani to its Grok chatbot. Which is how ...

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AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and ...

On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI “companion” that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company ...

Days after introducing an AI ‘waifu’ companion for Grok, Elon Musk is now officially teasing a male version for the ladies.

Elon Musk has unveiled the name of the new Grok AI companion as Valentine, drawing inspiration from Robert Heinlein's novel, ...

Elon Musk's xAI, now merged with Twitter, has launched AI companions within the Grok app for "Super Grok" subscribers. These ...

Internal docs show xAI paid contractors to "hillclimb" Grok's rank on a coding leaderboard above Anthropic's Claude.

xAI’s latest frontier model, Grok 4, has been released without industry-standard safety reports, despite the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, being notably vocal about his concerns regarding AI safety.

Elon Musk's xAI is hiring fullstack engineers to build interactive anime girl avatars and AI companions, offering salaries up ...

Elon Musk is not backing off as Donald Trump continues to double down on the Epstein controversy being a 'hoax.' As part of ...