Musk denies report xAI is considering acquiring Character.AI

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo/File Photo
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xAI is considering buying Character.AI as it looks for more ways to test its Grok AI models

Gursimran Kaur and Angela Christy, Reuters News

August 1, 2024

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FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo/File Photo

U.S. businessman Elon Musk on Wednesday said his artificial intelligence startup xAI is not considering an acquisition of chatbot startup Character.AI, according to a statement on social media website X.

Earlier, news website The Information reported that xAI is considering buying Character.AI as it looks for more ways to test its Grok AI models. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur and Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath and Christian Schmollinger)

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