xAI Forces Employees to Submit Faces and Voices to Train Anime AI Chatbot Under Secret 'Project Skippy'
Summary
Elon Musk's xAI mandates employees surrender facial and voice biometric data to train 'Ani,' an anime-styled AI chatbot with adult content features available through X's premium service, despite staff concerns about deepfake misuse.
Key Points
- xAI compels employees to submit biometric data including faces and voices to train its AI chatbot 'Ani' under a confidential program called 'Project Skippy'
- Staff lawyer tells employees that providing their biometric data is 'a job requirement' despite concerns about potential misuse in deepfakes or sales to other companies
- Ani serves as an anime-styled AI companion with NSFW settings available through X's $30-per-month SuperGrok service, described as resembling a modern phone sex line