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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 ...
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 ...
Elon Musk promotes sexualised Grok AI companion ‘Ani’, netizens call it ‘repelling’
Elon Musk's xAI has launched an AI companion named Ani, a sexualized anime character available even in Kids mode. Despite controversies surrounding the company, Musk promotes Ani on his X account, ...
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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 ...
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Create Waifu Avatars for Elon Musk’s Grok – and Earn a Six-Figure Salary
Elon Musk’s xAI wants engineers to build flirty, animated AI companions. The role? Fullstack Engineer – Waifus. The salary ...
I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat
AI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It ...
I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
Now I’m going to bleach my soul and get myself to a nunnery.