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

Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

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 ...

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

Elon Musk's xAI, which features a large language model that has spewed Hitler-supporting rhetoric and antisemitic tropes, ...

In a livestream with xAI colleagues, the billionaire entrepreneur described current AI systems as “primitive” and not for ...

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

Elon Musk's new AI chatbot, Grok 4, is raising eyebrows for its unusual behavior. The latest version of Elon Musk's ...

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 ...

Musk said an update to make Grok less politically correct instead made it susceptible to manipulation. The AI chatbot praised ...