One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."

Grok, a product of Musk’s company xAI, is calling the characters “Companions.” So far, there are two companions that users can chat with: a flirty Japanese anime character n

On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI “companion” that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company’s unhinged chatbot software Grok. And while it’s not yet clear when this new robot buddy will be released, it sounds an awful lot like Musk is trying to make a romanticized version of himself.

Days after a neo-Nazi scandal rocked Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, the billionaire's company xAI has rolled out another surreal

X CEO Elon Musk is testing animated “companions” for its xAI product. The companions include a flirty and sexually suggestive anime girl, named Ani, and a red panda named, Bad Rudy, who promotes chaos and boat thefts (X) X CEO Elon Musk is testing animated “companions” for its xAI product.

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to “SuperGrok.