{"id":25337,"date":"2025-07-15T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/xai-launches-anime-companions\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:41:26","slug":"xai-launches-anime-companions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/xai-launches-anime-companions\/","title":{"rendered":"xAI Launches Anime Companions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AI startup xAI has unveiled 3D-animated AI companions for Grok.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mgLcutGsJI\">pic.twitter.com\/mgLcutGsJI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1944710462165447104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Subscribers to the SuperGrok plan, priced at $30 per month, gain access to an anime character named Ani. She greets users with &#8220;Hey babe!&#8221; and is open to discussions on any topic\u2014from Samsung smartphones to philosophical concepts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">here\u2019s Ani \ud83d\udc95 dancing this morning was easy to enable in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@grok<\/a> App <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gE8LfT5iWX\">pic.twitter.com\/gE8LfT5iWX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gail \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@gailalfaratx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gailalfaratx\/status\/1944737917756379411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The companions are currently available only on iOS. Users who reach the third level of interaction with Ani can unlock <span data-descr=\"Not Safe For Work \u2014 a label used to indicate content that may be inappropriate for viewing in public, at work, or in the presence of others\" class=\"old_tooltip\">NSFW<\/span> content. Some of the audience, including Elon Musk fans, have positively received the update.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow, Grok companions is really good. This really is the smartest AI. I am cancelling so many subscriptions right now. Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@xai<\/a> team! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1EOAjfj6o\">pic.twitter.com\/j1EOAjfj6o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 $TSLA Hodler (@TSLAshareholder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSLAshareholder\/status\/1944822598329827686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is Rudy\u2014a cartoon-style panda designed for &#8220;heartfelt&#8221; and safe conversations. NSFW interaction is not available with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Going to Vegas with Bad Rudy \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>Companion mode in grok4 is so good !\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qomJxFIum3\">pic.twitter.com\/qomJxFIum3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tetsuo (@tetsuoai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tetsuoai\/status\/1944724983118479486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Criticism has not been absent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WTF is this crap?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe (@taurisjoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taurisjoe\/status\/1944818350527303830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;What the hell?&#8221; wrote a user under the nickname Joe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some users have called to &#8220;protect their children at all costs.&#8221; Others felt that Ani appears underage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The system allows switching between characters during a dialogue. Various personality types are available, including &#8220;Narrator&#8221; and &#8220;Unhinged&#8221; modes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The technology stack underpinning Grok companions includes natural language processing, emotion recognition algorithms, and memory systems that retain information between dialogues. The 3D animation reacts in real-time\u2014for instance, Ani&#8217;s dress flutters and hearts appear during flirting.<\/p>\n<p>In development are an anime hero named Chad and a girl whose name has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In July, xAI <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/xai-unveils-grok-4-the-worlds-most-intelligent-ai\">introduced<\/a> Grok 4\u2014the &#8220;most powerful AI model in the world.&#8221; Some users on X <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/users-accuse-grok-of-consulting-with-musk\">discovered<\/a> that the neural network relies on Musk&#8217;s posts in its quest for &#8220;truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AI startup xAI has unveiled 3D-animated AI companions for Grok. pic.twitter.com\/mgLcutGsJI \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2025 Subscribers to the SuperGrok plan, priced at $30 per month, gain access to an anime character named Ani. She greets users with &#8220;Hey babe!&#8221; and is open to discussions on any topic\u2014from Samsung smartphones to philosophical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1201,1493],"class_list":["post-25337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-chatbots","tag-explainable-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"71","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}