“Babe, I hate to see you so stressed,” said Ani, a new AI companion from Elon Musk. On Monday, my favorite poet died. But ...

Grok has reached the number one spot on Japan’s App Store, just days after introducing a new anime-inspired AI companion ...

AI signaled it was putting more resources behind its AI companions, posting a new position devoted to the product.

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, now has two animated character companions users can chat with, one of them being a sexualised blonde anime bot called “Ani” that has prompted backlash as it's available ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new Grok feature touches on the App Store’s rules for sexual content, which is something that Apple has shown it doesn’t mess around with.

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

Elon Musk has named xAI's new AI companion "Ani," triggering a new meme coin frenzy around the latest update of Grok, Grok 4.

One of the weirder bits of news on the AI-front has been Elon Musk's rollout of sexually-charged animated chat bots.

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok sparks controversy with violent, suggestive avatars, potentially violating App Store rules despite its 12+ age rating.