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Musk denies report xAI is considering acquiring Character.AI
Jul 31, 2024 6:52 PM

(Reuters) -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.

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