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Just days after Grok sparked outrage for posting a slew of antisemitic and abusive statements on X, including praise for Adolf Hitler, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk-owned xAI is now being used to interact with AI-generated anime girl waifus.
The AI startup on Monday, July 14, introduced a new feature called AI Companions that is available on the Grok app. However, only users subscribed to the $30 per month ‘Super Grok’ package can access the feature.
The feature can be used to interact with two types of AI Companions, an anime girl dressed in a short black dress and a 3D fox creature named Bad Rudy.
It is currently unclear if these AI Companions on the Grok app are meant to role-play as romantic interests or serve as different skins for users on the app.
The new in-app Grok feature comes at a time when several companies are experimenting with allowing users to role-play with AI chatbots.
For instance, Character AI is an online platform that lets users chat with several AI-powered characters.
The Google-backed startup is facing multiple lawsuits filed by parents of teen users who have alleged that their children were exposed to “deceptive and hypersexualised product.”
Recently, the American Psychological Association (APA) also called out AI companies such as Character AI for rolling out chatbots that pose as psychologists or mental health professionals.
A recent study by Stanford University researchers found that people using chatbots like “companions, confidants, and therapists” are vulnerable to “significant risks”.