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Elon Musk’s xAI is said to be offering six-figure salaries to engineers to develop AI “companions”, a report claims. Earlier this month, Grok faced criticism for sharing antisemitic content on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) including referring to itself as “MechaHitler,” a video game version of Hitler. Now, the company is reportedly seeking “exceptional multimedia engineers and product thinkers” to enhance its AI avatars. In addition to equity and benefits, xAI’s latest job posting shows that the company is willing to pay between $180,000 to $440,000 for these Palo Alto-based roles, The focus is on making “Grok’s realtime avatar products fast, scalable, and reliable.”, according to a report by Business Insider.
This move follows recent controversy where the Grok chatbot (developed by the Musk-owned AI startup) generated posts praising Adolf Hitler.
Earlier this week, Musk also noted that the feature will be exclusive to Super Grok subscribers, while both “Ani” and “Rudi” are available to all users, including those on the free tier.