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

Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

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 ...

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

Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, ...

AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.

The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

The announcement of the $200 million contract to xAI comes less than a week after Grok came under fire for sharing ...

An AI model launched last week appears to have shipped with an unexpected occasional behavior: checking what its owner thinks ...

Makers of the chatbot program Grok apologized for "horrific behavior that many experienced" after users reported multiple ...

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling ...