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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AI offers up to $440,000 for engineers building anime AI companions Grok's new avatars include flirty "Ani" and aggressive ...

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

Elon Musk on Wednesday teased a forthcoming male Grok companion from xAI, which already offers an anime waifu named Ani and a ...

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

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A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to ...

When the kiss cam at a Coldplay concert landed on Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his company’s chief HR officer, ...

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

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