"We deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced," the company's statement said.

For now, Musk is soliciting names for the male companion, which should probably be Kyle given it’s obviously an anime-inspired Kylo Ren from Star Wars.

“A lot of these kinds of biases will become subtler, but we have to keep our research ongoing to identify these kinds of problems and address them one after one,” Ashique KhudaBukhsh, an assistant pr...