Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is making headlines again. The company is looking for software engineers who can help build interactive AI avatars that resemble anime characters. They are ready to pay big amount for this. The selected candidates will earn between $180,000 to $440,000 (Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 3.7 crore) per year, and extra benefits.
Elon Musk Company, xAI Build anime AI avatars
The post on xAI’s careers page under the identify Fullstack Engineer – Waifus”, is related to a new experimental feature in the company Grok AI platform. The word “waifu” is used by anime fans to explain fictional girl characters they experience connected to romantically.
Earlier this week, xAI added AI “partners” at the iOS model of the Grok appâ€, “Ani”, a Japanese anime-inspired individual wearing a corset dress, and “Rudi”, a cool animated film red panda with a breakup character. Rudi’s another version, “Bad Rudi,” is designed to behave more aggressively, offering a contrasting experience to its default personality. A third character, defined as a male anime avatars, is also expected to be introduced to the platform soon.
Company Pay up to Rs 3.7 crore to software engineers
Interestingly, even as Musk first of all stated that those avatars will available only to top users subscribed to Super Grok, they currently appear accessible to all Grok customers, even those without a paid subscription.
The job description requires professional engineers with a strong knowledge in multimedia systems and product development. According to the list, xAI is seeking skills able to make real time avatars interactions. The job is based in Palo Alto, California, placing it at the heart of Silicon Valley.
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