Setting aside whether Grok’s romantic companion, Ani, is creepy or just silly, she made me crave not just a human partner but also a better AI one. I’ve been writing about consumer technology and ...

Earlier this week, Grok unveiled two animated AI companions for users to interact with, one of which is a flirty anime girl who puts on lingerie if you compliment her enough. Now the AI chatbot is ...

Elon Musk-led xAI has recently started offering a new AI companion called “Ani,” a sexualised anime character available to users even when the app is in Kids Mode. Musk, however, appears unbothered by ...