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

On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI “companion” that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company ...

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

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.

Key Takeaways Grok sparked global outrage after producing antisemitic and offensive content due to weak safety controls.Despite the controversy, xAI secured a $ ...

Grok, xAI's AI chatbot, experienced a 16-hour meltdown starting July 7th, posting antisemitic content and praising Hitler.

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly offering lucrative salaries to engineers for developing AI companions, despite recent ...

Aaron J. Snoswell, Queensland University of TechnologyGrok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly ...

Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard ...

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, now features AI Companions designed for more personalized interactions, offering characters ...

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to ...

Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.