Elon Musk’s Grok is making AI companions, together with a goth anime lady
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has pivoted from antisemitism to anime lady waifus.
Musk wrote in an X put up on Monday that AI companions at the moment are out there within the Grok app for “Tremendous Grok” subscribers who pay $30 per thirty days.
Based on posts that Musk has shared, it appears that evidently there are at the very least two out there AI companions: Ani, an anime lady in a good corset and brief black gown with thigh-high fishnets, and Unhealthy Rudy, a 3D fox creature.
“That is fairly cool,” Musk wrote, then shared a photograph of the blonde-pigtailed goth anime lady.
Provided that this paywalled characteristic solely simply launched, we don’t but know if these “companions” are designed to function romantic pursuits or if they’re extra like completely different skins for Grok. However some firms are definitely catering to romantic AI relationships, despite the fact that these relationships can show unhealthy.
Character.AI, for instance, is at the moment going through a number of lawsuits from the mother and father of youngsters who’ve used the platform, which they deem unsafe; in a single case, the mother and father are suing after a chatbot inspired their baby to kill his mother and father. In one other case, the chatbot informed a baby to kill himself, and he adopted via quickly after.
Even for adults, it may be dangerous to depend upon AI chatbots for emotional assist; a latest paper discovered “vital dangers” in folks utilizing chatbots like “companions, confidants, and therapists.”
Provided that xAI simply spent the final week failing to rein in an antisemitic Grok that known as itself “MechaHitler,” it’s a daring option to create much more personalities on Grok.