Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, is exploring the possibility of acquiring Character.AI, a chatbot manufacturer, as part of efforts to further test and develop xAI's own Grok chatbot.
Character.AI was founded by former Google employees Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas. The company provides a platform that allows users to design and create personalized chatbots and AI assistants. Character.AI offers both free and paid versions of its products, with the paid subscription costing $9.99 per month, equivalent to approximately 72 Chinese yuan.
Character.AI's chatbot platform features a diverse range of characters and tone options, attracting a significant number of young users.