In a bit of news that is in no way indicative of the direction our culture is heading, Elon Musk's xAI is hiring an engineer dedicated to creating anime girls.

The company has a listing with the job title "Fullstack Engineer - Waifus." A waifu is word used by anime fans refer to a female character that people view romantically. It's basically a Japanese version of the English word "wife." The listing said xAI is "looking for exceptional multimedia engineers and product thinkers who want to make Grok's realtime avatar products the best in the world." The pay range: $180,000-$440,000 per year.

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The job listing comes on the heels of Musk's Grok releasing its first avatars, which were an anime girl called Ani and a red panda called Rudi. As Mashable's Stan Schroeder wrote, Ani is, by default, very flirtatious with users and can go full NSFW.

If the job listing is any indication, we can only expect more of the same from xAI moving forward.

Topics X/Twitter Elon Musk