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 ...

People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced ...

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

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

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

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

A Turkish court has banned Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok from operating in Turkey. The decision on Wednesday followed ...

The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding a query about a user’s ...