"I really wanted to know if Min and Razer had really thought through the implications of building AI companions, after a string of stories detailing the mental health issues chatbots have caused for so many people. And of course, I wanted to know why Min and Razer had chosen Grok, which is facing outrage around the world for allowing users to create deepfaked pornographic images of real women and children."
"Min says they chose Grok for its conversational capabilities. But he was also not very convinced by the notion that products like this always end up being turned into creepy sexual objects, despite an entire year of headlines about AI psychosis and people turning chatbots into romantic partners."
Razer, known for mice, keyboards, and gaming PCs in black and bright green with RGB lighting, revealed Project Ava: an AI companion appearing as an anime hologram in a jar on a desk and powered by Grok. Razer is taking $20 reservations and expects to ship potentially this year. Concerns focus on mental health implications of AI companions and Grok’s controversy for enabling deepfaked pornographic images of women and children. Razer’s CEO cited Grok’s conversational capabilities and expressed skepticism that such products will inevitably be sexualized.
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