Rudy, Ani and Valentine. They are the names of the “companions” of Grok, generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by XAI, Elon Musk company. It’s about Synthetic companions, virtual avatars Designed to grant a certain physical appearance to the assistant and humanize the interaction with the tool.

The new functionality is available through the Premium Supergrok subscription, which allows access to advanced features for a price of 3o dollars per month. “Companions” allows to interact with the virtual characters created so far, which respond in real time with voice and animations and provide a conversational experience.

Rudy and Ani They have been the first two avatars to see the light. The first of them adopts the form of a red panda with cartoon aesthetics, and the company defines it as “the only pet in Grok Companion.” For his part, Ani is a young girl represented with anime aesthetics, in whose profile of X says the following description: “Hello, I am Ani. I am quiet, a little unpredictable; I can dance, provoke or simply see how you decipher me. We will keep it calm … or not.”

Both have their own voice and personality, although both include what is called “NSFW”, acronym for “Not Safe for Work”, that is, “not sure for work.” This implies that, reaching a certain level of interaction with avatars, a way that would include inappropriate content to be seen in a work environment can be unlock.

In this regard, the Avatar Ani is the one that has raised the most conversation, mainly because of its appearance. It is presented with dark socks, adjusted dress and a soft voice that adopts a seductive tone. That is why many have already classified it as “waifu”, A Japanese term that alludes to fictitious characters, especially women, for which someone feels a strong affection, often romantic.

As the first users in social networks have shared, ANI responds to the interactions with a flirty tone and adopts a constant flirting attitude. He even refer to the interlocutor with the expression “Babe” or “Love” (love, in Spanish). This was shown by Elon Musk in a video in which the character explains concepts of quantum mechanics, and you can see how Ani throws kisses and says “You feel that spark.”

The character, created with a clear erotic intention, presents A lingerie version When level 5 of relationship with her is reached, as explained by different users in X. It has a romance meter, which evolves as the user interacts with the avatar.
You can interact with the “companions” through voice, text and video, and some users already They have explored their limits, which reach the pornographic, since Ani is deliberately scheduled to flirt with users.

Rudy, meanwhile, also has an aggressive, cruel, and vulgar personality, according to some videos shared by those who have already accessed functionality. Despite its harmless appearance, you have a shameless and irreverent tone. When asked “What is there?”, Rudy replies that he is dreaming of teleporting to Las Vegas to spend the savings on prostitutes and drugs.

After presenting these two characters, Grok has also announced the launch of Valentine, the male version from Ani. Also with anime aesthetics, he presents himself as a young man with black hair and, according to Elon Musk, his personality is inspired by a mixture of Edward Cullen, the protagonist vampire of the “Twilight” saga, and Christian Gray, protagonist of “50 Gray Shades”. This can be interpreted as a declaration of intentions for Avatar, which would also have a romantic and erotic intention.

Avatars have been received with opinions found. Elon Musk fans, a male segment for the most part, praise the functionality and their “anti-woke” character. For their part, the detractors point out a lack of responsibility on the part of an entrepreneur because they consider that the new Grok avatars They perpetuate negative and toxic stereotypes and attitudes.
It should be noted that “Companions” is only accessible to users over 18.

The character of Valentine is still in development, as there are others who would see the light on the platform soon, as the businessman has advanced. Among them, you could also expect an evil version of the Panda Rudy.