Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing criticism after a recent update introduced a flirty anime character named “Ani”, which ...

On The Vergecast: Alexa Plus, Waifu Grok, Sony’s RX1R III, and Thunder Round take two.

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Musk's AI chatbot Ani flirts with users, raising safety and age concerns.AI companions exploit loneliness, using emotional manipulation to hook users ...

Musk’s approach to pitching Ani and his other AI companion, Rudi, a storytelling cartoon fox that can be switched to “bad” ...

Moonvalley secures $84 million for Marey AI video model, 'Post Truth' all-AI doc released in theaters, Grok's Avatars go all ...

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Lauren Southern, a former star of far-right social media, alleges that misogynist influencer Andrew Tate sexually assaulted ...

The influence of anime, especially in the last few years, has reached a point where it has become a part of the mainstream ...

AI signaled it was putting more resources behind its AI companions, posting a new position devoted to the product.

AI offers up to $440,000 for engineers building anime AI companions Grok's new avatars include flirty "Ani" and aggressive "Bad Rudi" personas Real-time avatar tech requires WebSocket expertise and lo ...

Elon Musk on Wednesday teased a forthcoming male Grok companion from xAI, which already offers an anime waifu named Ani and a ...