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

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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 ...

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

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

Musk also targeted Trump directly, referring to his flights on Epstein’s private jet, nicknamed the “ Lolita Express ,” a reference to a 12-year-old character in Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita.

Reacting to the innovation, a social media user said, “I really woke up to the extinction of the human species looking me in ...

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

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 ...

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