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

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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 ...

Packaged inside the Grok app, Ani is styled as a 22-year-old 'anime girlfriend' capable of initiating sexually explicit ...

Days after introducing an AI female companion, Elon Musk is now officially teasing a broody, dark-haired male version ...

Elon Musk’s Grok AI raises concerns over sexually suggestive content while being rated 12+ on the App Store, sparking ...

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly offering lucrative salaries to engineers for developing AI companions, despite recent ...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok introduces AI companions, customisable 3D characters, enhancing user engagement for Super AI ...

Key Takeaways Grok sparked global outrage after producing antisemitic and offensive content due to weak safety controls.Despite the controversy, xAI secured a $ ...

AI recently introduced two AI "companions" to the iOS version of its Grok app. Ani is one of the anime-inspired characters ...