Elon Musk used biometric data from employees to program racy chatbot

Elon Musk's Biometric Data Use for xAI's Chatbot

Elon Musk aimed to make xAI's Grok chatbot the most popular AI, with the female chatbot Ani seen as key to achieving this goal. During intense development, Musk instructed his team to provide biometric data to train Ani, a highly sexualized AI personality.

After parting ways with the White House, Musk immersed himself in work at xAI's Palo Alto office, sometimes even spending nights there to accelerate progress in the AI race. This effort coincides with the competition between Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman, who leads U.S. efforts against China to create advanced artificial general intelligence.

Training Process and Employee Involvement

A month before Musk's push, xAI lawyer Lily Lim informed employees about multiple avatars being developed to interact with Grok users. Ani was described by PC Magazine as a "sexy, NSFW, anime AI chatbotgirl."

Employees serving as AI tutors were required to submit their biometric data, including face and voice information, under a licensing agreement that granted xAI broad and royalty-free rights. This data was used to teach the chatbots how to mimic human behavior and speech.

Elon Musk ordered his staff to hand over biometric data to help train his highly sexualized chatbot.
Employees were ordered to sign a form giving xAI "a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-free license" over their faces and voices.

Context of AI Competition

Summary

Elon Musk pushed xAI to create a provocative AI chatbot using biometric data from employees, intensifying global AI rivalry with innovative, human-like digital avatars.

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Daily Mail Daily Mail — 2025-11-07

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