Musk's Grok AI just dropped a new Companion modes, featuring a flirty anime chatbot called Ani, and it has got the internet buzzing.

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Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI that went full Nazi and declared itself 'MechaHitler,' now offers a sexy anime girlfriend character.

Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for "Super Grok" subscribers who pay $30 per month.

Grok's has two new animated companions for you to chat with, including an anime girlfriend named Ani and a red panda with two very different sides to him.

Meet\u00A0Ani, the anime-style virtual assistant in SuperGrok (Grok 4). Explore the new Companions feature & interact with AI avatars.

This marks a shift in the AI wars. Instead of just competing on intelligence or reasoning, Musk wants Grok to feel more personal, more addictive, and more human, or at least more fun. But the reactions online show that people are split. SuperGrok now has two new companions for you, say hello to Ani and Rudy! pic.twitter.com/SRrV6T0MGT

Well, scratch that: Musk has officially swapped Grok's gender into... a goth anime waifu ... including a lingerie- and corset-wearing anime girl, dubbed Ani. Put simply, Musk's obsession with replicating 4chan on X-formerly-Twitter is alive and well ...