Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is hiring, and the job comes with a surprising twist: build flirtatious anime avatars and get paid up to $440,000, as per a report. xAI Offers Up to $440,000 for Engineers to Build AI Avatars This week, xAI posted a new ...

AI released two AI "companions" on its Grok platform, a Japanese anime girl named "Ani" and an animated red panda called "Rudi."

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.”

Environmental groups in Memphis filed a permit appeal to stop xAI from using gas-burning turbines to power its supercomputer facility in the area.

With his rival out of the way, OpenAI’s CEO has a clear path to press for the company’s goals. He is leaving the Democratic Party.

AI safety researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic are criticizing Elon Musk's xAI for "completely irresponsible" safety practices.

Neuralink labeled itself in April as a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing with the U.S. Small Business Administration.