Earlier this week, xAI added what can only be described as an AI anime girlfriend named Ani to its Grok chatbot. Which is how ...

Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

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

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

The announcement comes days after Grok spewed antisemitic and racist statements to its users, including praise for Adolf ...

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

The companions have their own X accounts, because of course they do. Ani's bio states, "Smooth, a little unpredictable—I ...

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

AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.

The Department of Defense is set to begin using Musk's controversial chatbot Grok, according to a Monday announcement.

Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, ...

An AI model launched last week appears to have shipped with an unexpected occasional behavior: checking what its owner thinks ...