Elon Musk has just unveiled “Companions,” a new feature for his AI chatbot, Grok, that allows users to interact with AI personas. These include Ani, a gothic anime girl who communicates with emojis, flirtatious messages, and facts, as well as Rudy, a friendly red panda.

The case is the first suit related to fatal crashes involving the electric vehicle company’s Autopilot system to go to trial.

AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.

At launch, Grok AI’s Companions will be available to SuperGrok subscribers ($30 per month), who need to enable the feature from the app's settings. This is just a “soft launch,” and enabling the feature will get much easier in a few days, said xAI owner Elon Musk on Monday.

Grok’s responses must come from “independent analysis,” not Musk’s stated beliefs. xAI has offered a couple more fixes for “issues” with its Grok AI chatbot, promising it will no longer name itself “Hitler” or base its responses on searches for what xAI head Elon Musk has said.

Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, according to a formula devised by Elon Musk’s chatbot, they have to be a white, Asian, or Jewish man.

David Sacks, White House AI and crypto czar, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the AI race, crypto regulation and chip trade with China.

The governor’s spokesman said they are confidential under an exception to open records law because they include “information that is intimate and

The Department of Defense under Secretary Pete Hegseth has been fixated on buzzwords like “warfighting” and “warfighters,” and adopting new AI tools is part of that mission, according to leaders at the agency. And Monday’s press release was filled to the brim with similarly grandiose language.

Maslansky + Partners CEO Michael Maslansky evaluates the American political landscape on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

Mark Cuban isn't happy with the current political stalemate — and thinks Elon Musk could help the country get out of it. Cuban addressed his decision to try to help get Musk's America Party on the ballot on an episode of the podcast "Pod Save America" that aired on July 13,