Nearly three-quarters of teens have used AI companions, and half use them regularly, new research finds. Moreover, one-third ...

Grok, a product of Musk’s company xAI, is calling the characters “Companions.” So far, there are two companions that users ...

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

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

Ani, an anime avatar wearing a tight black dress, was launched the same day the tech billionaire was awarded a $200 million ...

One of the new AI ‘companions’ launched by Elon Musk’s xAI, the company that owns the social media platform X (formerly ...

The companions have their own X accounts, because of course they do. Ani's bio states, "Smooth, a little unpredictable—I ...

A new survey found that over half of American teens are regular users of anthropomorphic AI companions like Character.AI and Replika. That's striking on its own, as an illustration of how embedded AI ...

Grok launches a controversial anime companion "Ani" for premium users, stirring debate just after securing a Department of ...

This marks a shift in the AI wars. Instead of just competing on intelligence or reasoning, Musk wants Grok to feel more ...

People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced ...

A chatbot designed to avoid anthropomorphism offers a compelling glimpse into the future of human-to-AI relationships.