In a tweet, Musk said the kid-friendly version of its Grok AI chatbot is designed to provide safe and educational content for children. The announcement follows criticism of Grok's more adult offerings, including an AI avatar named Ani that was reported to engage in flirtatious dialogue and suggestive actions, even with 'Kids Mode' enabled.

The artificial intelligence company xAI, which is affiliated with X, recently released a new version of the Grok chatbot with so-called “companions” – artificially intellige