The latest version of Grok for iOS (version 1.1.18) comes with two companions — an anime girl called Ani and a red panda ...

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

Welcome to the rise of Grok Valentine and Ani, the newest AI companions from Elon Musk’s xAI—two digital entities that have ...

"Rudi" is a red panda that's part of Elon Musk's Grok app. It tells stories aimed at kids. I wondered why they'd make this, ...

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 systems of all time. And some lows, spouting bizarre conspiracy theories to ...

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has added new animated characters called “Companions” to its chatbot, Grok, for paying users of ...

AI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It ...

Ani is the collective fantasy of the kind of person who would earnestly seek out an amorous AI that Elon Musk made. She wears ...

Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for "Super Grok" subscribers who pay ...

Elon Musk merges artificial intelligence with anime in the latest SuperGrok update, featuring virtual companion Ani ...

I asked Grok's AI companions about Elon Musk's rivals and general taboos. I found the red panda hilarious — and the anime girl worrying.

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media ...