AI signaled it was putting more resources behind its AI companions, posting a new position devoted to the product.

Elon Musk on Wednesday teased a forthcoming male Grok companion from xAI, which already offers an anime waifu named Ani and a ...

Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

Elon Musk is integrating AI across his companies and blurring the lines between them.

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

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

Ani, an anime avatar wearing a tight black dress, was launched the same day the tech billionaire was awarded a $200 million ...

Elon Musk has just unveiled “Companions,” a new feature for his AI chatbot, Grok, that allows users to interact with AI ...

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

Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk's attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI ...

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