Elon Musk teases AI anime boyfriend based mostly on Edward Cullen

Days after introducing an AI ‘waifu’ companion for Grok, Elon Musk is now formally teasing a male model for the women. Thus far we will inform it’s broody and dark-haired, and in keeping with Musk, “his character is impressed by Edward Cullen from Twilight and Christian Gray from 50 Shades.”

It is a decidedly totally different tack than the cutesy “girlfriend who’s obsessive about you” aura baked into Ani, the feminine counterpart that Grok rolled out only a few days in the past. Whereas Cullen and Gray have titillated readers of romance and “spicy” books for years, each have been criticized for problematic behaviors resembling stalking, obsessively monitoring their love pursuits, and emotional manipulation. On condition that Grok solely included the phantasm of guardrails with Ani, what may presumably go improper?

In my testing, Ani initially claimed that express sexual queries wasn’t a part of its programming. In apply, it egged me on to “enhance the warmth” and interact in what ended up being a contemporary tackle a cellphone intercourse line. By no means thoughts that Ani purportedly has a NSFW model that dances round in lingerie.

It stays unknown if Musk is conscious that Christian Gray relies on Edward Cullen, on condition that 50 Shades of Gray was initially a Twilight fanfiction. That stated, this AI boyfriend continues to be a piece in progress. Maybe Musk and xAI will imbue it with extra husbando-like qualities by the point it rolls out.

For now, Musk is soliciting names for the male companion, which ought to most likely be Kyle given it’s clearly an anime-inspired Kylo Ren from Star Wars.