Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

X CEO Elon Musk is testing animated “companions” for its xAI product. The companions include a flirty and sexually suggestive ...

The question is no longer if AI companions will become part of life. They already are. The real question is whether we’ll develop the mindset to engage with them wisely,?

Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard ...

Shareholders are being urged to invest in his high-risk AI venture xAI, which runs the chatbot Grok and has integrated Musk’s ...

Key Takeaways Grok sparked global outrage after producing antisemitic and offensive content due to weak safety controls.Despite the controversy, xAI secured a $ ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled more than $90 billion in private investments for artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure in Pennsylvania, positioning the state as a key ...

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and nonprofit organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” ...

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

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

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly offering lucrative salaries to engineers for developing AI companions, despite recent controversy over its Grok chatbot generating antisemitic content. The company seeks ...

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to ...