{"id":947059,"date":"2025-07-16T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T06:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=947059"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T06:41:29","slug":"elon-musks-grok-ai-now-has-anime-companion-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/07\/16\/elon-musks-grok-ai-now-has-anime-companion-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Grok AI now has anime companion characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s AI chatbot Grok has introduced animated companion characters for paid subscribers, marking a significant pivot following last week&#8217;s antisemitic content controversy. The feature, available to &#8220;Super Grok&#8221; subscribers paying $30 monthly, includes two AI personalities: Ani, an anime-styled woman described as a &#8220;digital waifu,&#8221; and Rudy, a sarcastic red panda character.<\/p>\n<p>Both companions feature NSFW modes, with Ani appearing in revealing outfits, while Rudy is characterized as having a &#8220;smart mouth&#8221; and rude personality. The companions have their own X social media accounts, with Ani&#8217;s bio stating she&#8217;s &#8220;smooth, a little unpredictable&#8221; and might &#8220;dance, tease, or just watch you figure me out.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s AI chatbot Grok has introduced animated companion characters for paid subscribers, marking a significant pivot following last week&#8217;s antisemitic content controversy. The feature, available to &#8220;Super Grok&#8221; subscribers paying $30 monthly, includes two AI personalities: Ani, an anime-styled woman described as a &#8220;digital waifu,&#8221; and Rudy, a sarcastic red panda character. Both companions feature NSFW modes, with Ani appearing in revealing outfits, while Rudy is characterized as having a &#8220;smart mouth&#8221; and rude personality. The companions have their own X social media accounts, with Ani&#8217;s bio stating she&#8217;s &#8220;smooth, a little unpredictable&#8221; and might &#8220;dance, tease, or just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}