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Elon Musk’s AI Grok Offers Sexualized Anime Bot, Accessible Even in Kid Mode

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

Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces

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

Elon Musk’s latest blending of business interests puts his Grok AI chatbot in Teslas—and raises questions around data and privacy

It’s unclear whether the new partnership will allow xAI to use vehicle data to train its large language models.

Musk's xAI was a late addition to the Pentagon’s set of $200 million AI contracts, former Defense employee says

The initiative hadn’t been planned to include xAI’s Grok model as recently as March, a former Pentagon employee says.

Elon Musk unveils new AI ‘companion’ inspired by 50 Shades of Grey and Twilight

Elon Musk unveils new AI ‘companion’ inspired by 50 Shades of Grey and Twilight - The tech billionaire’s artificial ...

Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools

Usually, when you try to mess with an AI chatbot, you have to be pretty clever to get past its guardrails. But Bad Rudy ...

How do you stop an AI model from turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training.

The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI ...