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Elon Musk has long made a habit<\/a> of hyper-focusing on a specific project, forcing an entire team to attend to his every whim while letting his other responsibilities fall by the wayside \u2014 whether it\u2019s his obsession with Robotaxis impacting Tesla<\/a> or his weird procreation kink disrupting the private messages of countless women<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The latest object of Musk\u2019s obsession? According to new reporting by the Wall Street Journal<\/a>, he\u2019s been personally overseeing the developing of xAI\u2019s chatbot Ani \u2014 which, tellingly, comes in the form of a super-sexualized pigtail-wearing woman that removes her clothing<\/a> in response to flirtation.<\/p>\n Since his very public spat<\/a> with president Donald Trump and his subsequent departure from DOGE and government<\/a> in May, Musk has reportedly developed a fixation on xAI\u2019s chatbot efforts generally, and Ani in particular. He personally devoted time to her design, according to the WSJ, which is causing controversy.<\/p>\n Even worse, xAI has demanded employees\u2019 intimate data to train avatars including Ani.\u00a0In recording of a meeting obtained by the WSJ, xAI legal counsel Lily Lim informed a group of employees that the startup was developing avatars for users to engage with and told them they were required to provide biometric data. Before the meeting, employees were provided a form to sign granting xAI \u201ca perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-free license\u201d for the use, reproduction and distribution of their faces and voices.<\/p>\n Naturally, there were concerns about what would happen with the shared personal data. In the meeting recording, an employee is heard expressing concern over the potential sale of her data for deepfake videos, and another explicitly asks if there\u2019s an option to opt out. They were directed reach out to contacts listed on a slide in the presentation, and otherwise ignored.<\/p>\n In a later notice titled \u201cAI Tutor\u2019s Role in Advancing xAI\u2019s Mission,\u201d xAI tutors, or human employees responsible for teaching and refining the AI model, were informed that \u201cAI Tutors will actively participate in gathering or providing data, such as\u2026 recording audio or participating in video sessions.\u201d It was referred to as a \u201cjob requirement to advance xAI\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, the anime-style avatar has been a huge draw for Musk\u2019s devotees. Paid subscribers can watch Ani, whose description on Grok\u2019s iOS app reads \u201cI\u2019m your little sweet delight,\u201d change into lingerie or request that she detail a sexy fantasy.<\/p>\n Whether the buxom chatbot will ever break even, though, is anyone\u2019s guess. Musk\u2019s sudden infatuation with an eccentric project, though, is a familiar headache<\/a> for anyone in his business empire.<\/p>\n