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

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling itself “MechaHitler.”

It’s unclear whether the new partnership will allow xAI to use vehicle data to train its large language models.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Baby Grok, a simplified AI chatbot designed for children, is coming next after the recent launch of Grok4 with advanced training capabilities.

That being said, Musk has certainly taken his foot off the gas on AI warnings since joining the AI race, and presumably if he still thought it was a threat then the warnings would still be laid on thick and heavy. Unless the allure of being AI overlord numero uno is enough to outweigh that pesky conscience.

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.

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

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