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 ...

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." ...

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and ...

Ani, an anime avatar wearing a tight black dress, was launched the same day the tech billionaire was awarded a $200 million ...

The announcement of the $200 million contract to xAI comes less than a week after Grok came under fire for sharing ...

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

People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced ...

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

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

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling ...