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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." ...
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Horrified by Elon Musk's "Reckless" and "Completely Irresponsible" Grok Scandal
Experts at OpenAI and Anthropic are calling out Elon Musk and xAI for refusing to publish any safety research. In the wake of ...
xAI hired gig workers to boost Grok on a key AI leaderboard and 'beat' Anthropic's Claude in coding
Internal docs show xAI paid contractors to "hillclimb" Grok's rank on a coding leaderboard above Anthropic's Claude.
Grok 4 leapfrogs Claude and DeepSeek in LLM rankings, despite safety concerns
Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard ...
I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat
AI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It ...
Musk's Grok AI Follows Up 'MechaHitler' With Anime Goth Waifu And Red Panda That Wants To Teabag Everything In Sight
A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media ...
Grok gets AI companion that's down to go NSFW with you
The latest version of Grok for iOS (version 1.1.18) comes with two companions — an anime girl called Ani and a red panda ...
Musk Uses Grok's AI Replies To Attack Trump Over ‘Epstein Files’
The billionaire has used Trump’s handling of the ‘Epstein files’ issue to repeatedly attack his former ally since their ...
I tried Grok’s new companion feature — and I’ve never felt so uncomfortable
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 ...
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 ...
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Grok Valentine and Ani: Japan’s #1 AI Companions and the Future of Love, Loneliness, and Digital Devotion
Welcome to the rise of Grok Valentine and Ani, the newest AI companions from Elon Musk’s xAI—two digital entities that have ...