Earlier this week, Grok unveiled two animated AI companions for users to interact with, one of which is a flirty anime girl who puts on lingerie if you compliment her enough. Now the AI chatbot is adding a third character to the mix, only this time it’s apparently modelled on what xAI CEO Elon Musk thinks women find attractive.
Musk introduced Grok’s new male AI companion in an X post on Tuesday, asking for suggestions in naming the character. Illustrating the request was a picture of the new companion: a stern-looking anime man wearing a black suit.
“His personality is inspired by Edward Cullen from Twilight and Christian Grey from 50 Shades [of Grey],” wrote Musk. Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic BDSM novel which originated as a Twilight fanfiction, with the character of Christian Grey based on brooding vampire Edward Cullen.
Musk also hinted at more upcoming AI companions, responding to an X user’s feedback by stating that Grok “will, of course, have another character inspired by [Pride and Prejudice‘s] Mr. Darcy.”
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Though no official name for Grok’s new Fifty Shades-inspired AI character has yet been announced, Musk responded positively to proposals such as Nyx, Taki, and Andrej. Andrej appears to be a reference to Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI cofounder and Tesla’s former senior director of AI.
“Grok could do some epic AI tutorials in Andrej’s voice,” Musk wrote, responding to requests for such features. “Only if Andrej agrees.”
“So what kind of revenue share are we talking about 😀 jk jk,” Karpathy replied.
“$420.69,” Musk responded. “Serious money.”
It’s unclear how serious Musk actually is about this offer. The billionaire has a history of making business offers of questionable authenticity, frequently posting them to X and using joke numbers such as 420 or 69.
Another popular name suggestion for Grok’s male AI has been “Chad,” a slang term for a man that other men consider attractive and appealing to women. Though the AI character was ostensibly designed to appeal to women, men appear far more excited about it thus far, and are largely receiving it as a bro. Further, while online discourse surrounding Grok’s female AI character has been overwhelmingly sexual, its male counterpart seems to have primarily sparked speculation as to the impact his confirmed name will have on various cryptocurrencies.
Time will tell as to whether Nyx/Andrej/Chad will also have an unlockable lingerie look. Responding to an inquiry as to whether “xAI’s chad bot” will be “another NSFW companion like the waifu [Grok’s AI anime girl Ani], or will it be more like a contrarian ‘sun your balls’ health influencer,” Musk stated that it would be “[w]hatever winds your clock.”
