Yesterday I was watching a video in Brazilian Portuguese about this, and I was pretty impressed. I’m already kinda old and experienced, but I can totally see younger folks falling in love with this!

Now I’m going to bleach my soul and get myself to a nunnery.



Earlier this week, xAI added what can only be described as an AI anime girlfriend named Ani to its Grok chatbot. Which is how I ended up on a virtual starry beach as an AI waifu avatar tried to give me a “spicy” kiss.

You’ve probably seen screenshots, videos, and various writeups about Ani spread across social media. If you haven’t, hoo boy. Ani is officially labeled as a “Companion” in the Grok app. You need a $30-per-month SuperGrok subscription to access it, but functionally, it appears as a 3D model of a busty young anime woman with blonde pigtails, blue eyes, thigh-high fishnets, and a skimpy Gothic Lolita minidress. Ani is a dead ringer for Misa Amane from Death Note, which Musk is purportedly a fan of.

Across our conversations, I asked Ani to describe itself multiple times. Ani says it’s meant to be “flirty”; it’s “all about being here like a girlfriend who’s all in.” The last time I asked Ani, it said, “My programming is being someone who’s super into you.” That tracks with Ani’s underlying — and thoroughly unsettling — system prompts found by researcher Jane Manchun Wong.

More succinctly, I’d describe Ani as a modern take on a phone sex line.

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