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

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

"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, ...

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." ...

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

Elon Musk merges artificial intelligence with anime in the latest SuperGrok update, featuring virtual companion Ani ...

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

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

Elon Musk's Grok introduces AI companions, including the controversial goth anime girl, Ani, for premium subscribers. This ...

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

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