The latest version of Grok for iOS (version 1.1.18) comes with two companions — an anime girl called Ani and a red panda ...

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

AI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It ...

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

xAI’s Grok can’t seem to stay out of the news recently. It’s had its highs, releasing Grok 4, one of the most powerful AI ...

"Rudi" is a red panda that's part of Elon Musk's Grok app. It tells stories aimed at kids. I wondered why they'd make this, ...

The noise around xAI’s ‘Ani’ bot and the copycat memecoin is ultimately a distraction. Elon Musk will continue to stir the ...

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media ...

Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI that went full Nazi and declared itself 'MechaHitler,' now offers a sexy anime girlfriend character.

Ani is the collective fantasy of the kind of person who would earnestly seek out an amorous AI that Elon Musk made. She wears ...

During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one ...

Dozens of xAI employees expressed concerns—and many objected—when asked to record videos of their facial expressions to help ...