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." ...

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

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

The Department of Defense is set to begin using Musk's controversial chatbot Grok, according to a Monday announcement.

AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.

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 ...

In a livestream with xAI colleagues, the billionaire entrepreneur described current AI systems as “primitive” and not for ...

Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk's attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI ...