Elon Musk, Grok and chatbot
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One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."
During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one engineer said.
The initiative hadn’t been planned to include xAI’s Grok model as recently as March, the former Pentagon employee said.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, denounced Donald Trump's recent allegations against Barack Obama, calling the Trump administration's claims 'politically motivated to distract from Jeffrey Epstein.' Trum
Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for "Super Grok" subscribers who pay $30 per month.
Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly seeking $12 billion in debt financing to buy Nvidia chips and build a massive AI supercluster, signaling an aggressive push to stay competitive in the global AI arms race.
Elon Musk on Wednesday teased a forthcoming male Grok companion from xAI, which already offers an anime waifu named Ani and a red panda named Rudi.