Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

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 ...

Days after introducing an AI ‘waifu’ companion for Grok, Elon Musk is now officially teasing a male version for the ladies.

A $440 million data center with an odd name is going up in Bastrop County, the suburban Austin hub of several of Elon Musk’s ...

Earlier this week, xAI added what can only be described as an AI anime girlfriend named Ani to its Grok chatbot. Which is how ...

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and nonprofit organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” ...

The money behind Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar empire is increasingly flowing in one direction: toward artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk has just unveiled “Companions,” a new feature for his AI chatbot, Grok, that allows users to interact with AI ...

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

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

At launch, Grok AI’s Companions will be available to SuperGrok subscribers ($30 per month), who need to enable the feature ...