Welcome to the rise of Grok Valentine and Ani, the newest AI companions from Elon Musk’s xAI—two digital entities that have ...

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing criticism after a recent update introduced a flirty anime character named “Ani”, which ...

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Elon Musk’s xAI is leaning into its over-the-top AI “companions,” which the company debuted Monday.In the last day, the ...

Crypto sleuths suspect Elon Musk's Grok AI companion, Ani, may be a hidden Bitcoin reference tied to a 2017 NFT. Here's what we know so far.

Musk's AI chatbot Ani flirts with users, raising safety and age concerns.AI companions exploit loneliness, using emotional manipulation to hook users ...

The tech billionaire’s artificial intelligence offshoot xAI debuted the new features, allow users to interact with animated ...

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AI controlled "slaughterbot" drones likely within 12 months in Ukraine, new research suggests AI agents are 70% useless, and ...

AI recently launched Grok 4, and Elon Musk says the tool is getting a new male companion with Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey traits.

Musk’s approach to pitching Ani and his other AI companion, Rudi, a storytelling cartoon fox that can be switched to “bad” ...

The influence of anime, especially in the last few years, has reached a point where it has become a part of the mainstream ...