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

Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain-computer interface device into two new human participants, marking the company’s eighth and ninth implants.

The initiative hadn’t been planned to include xAI’s Grok model as recently as March, the former Pentagon employee said.

In a familiar critique of corporate structures, Musk also weighed in on the ideal environment for fostering such long-term, existentially focused AI. He declared, “For long-term optimization, it is better to be a private than a public company, as the latter is punished for long-term optimization beyond the reward cycle of stock portfolio managers.”

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling itself “MechaHitler.”

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Baby Grok, a simplified AI chatbot designed for children, is coming next after the recent launch of Grok4 with advanced training capabilities.

Elon Musk's xAI partners with Kalshi to deliver real-time AI insights for prediction markets, processing news, data for tailored analysis.

The EV manufacturer faces slowing sales, political backlash and mounting competition as Elon Musk refocuses on the company's future