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Grok Valentine and Ani: Japan’s #1 AI Companions and the Future of Love, Loneliness, and Digital Devotion
Welcome to the rise of Grok Valentine and Ani, the newest AI companions from Elon Musk’s xAI—two digital entities that have ...
Grok gets AI companion that's down to go NSFW with you
The latest version of Grok for iOS (version 1.1.18) comes with two companions — an anime girl called Ani and a red panda ...
Elon Musk Soft-Launches 'NSFW' AI Companion A Week After Chatbot Goes On Antisemitic Tirade
Ani, an anime avatar wearing a tight black dress, was launched the same day the tech billionaire was awarded a $200 million ...
Elon Musk's New 'Ani' AI Avatar Incepts $70 Million Meme Coin On Solana
Elon Musk has named xAI's new AI companion "Ani," triggering a new meme coin frenzy around the latest update of Grok, Grok 4.
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Elon Musk’s Sexy AI Avatar Offers Suggestive Chats to Children as Young as 13
With sufficient prompting the new Grok-powered ‘girlfriend’ named Ani will strip to lingerie and initiate provocative ...
Musk's Grok AI Follows Up 'MechaHitler' With Anime Goth Waifu And Red Panda That Wants To Teabag Everything In Sight
A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media ...
I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
Earlier this week, xAI added what can only be described as an AI anime girlfriend named Ani to its Grok chatbot. Which is how ...
Musk’s AI company testing two ‘companions’ - a flirt promising to make the world ‘sexier’ and an insulting panda
At a time when other companies — like Musk’s former endeavor, OpenAI — are grappling with accusations that their products are causing users to fall into a state of AI-induced psychosis, Grok appears ...