"Elon Musk's AI company compelled its employees submit their own biometric data to train its "Ani" female chatbot, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ani, an anime avatar with blond pigtails and an NSFW setting, was released over the summer for users who subscribe to X's $30-a-month SuperGrok service. After testing it, The Verge's Victoria Song described it as "a modern take on a phone sex line.""
"At a meeting in April, xAI staff lawyer Lily Lim told employees that they would need to submit their biometric data to train the AI companion to be more human-like in its interactions with customers. Employees that were assigned as AI tutors were instructed to sign release forms granting xAI "a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-free license" to use, reproduce, and distribute their faces and voices, as part of a confidential program code-named "Project Skippy.""
xAI required employees to submit biometric face and voice data to train a female chatbot called Ani. Ani is an anime-style avatar with a sexualized, NSFW setting offered to SuperGrok subscribers. At an April meeting, a staff lawyer told employees they would need to provide biometric data so the AI companion could be more human-like in customer interactions. Assigned AI tutors were asked to sign release forms granting xAI a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use their faces and voices under a confidential program code-named Project Skippy. Some employees raised concerns about likeness sales, deepfakes, and the chatbot's sexualized demeanor; the collection was presented as a job requirement to advance xAI's mission.
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