On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI \u201ccompanion\u201d that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company\u2019s unhinged chatbot software Grok. And while it\u2019s not yet clear when this new robot buddy will be released, it sounds an awful lot like Musk is trying to make a romanticized version of himself.<\/p>\n
Musk first tweeted an image of the anime-inspired bot on Tuesday<\/a>, asking followers on X what it should be named. The billionaire has already released two AI companions that use Grok, an anime-style woman and a red panda, both of whom have been met with a mix of excitement and disgust for various reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n The billionaire xAI founder wrote Wednesday that his unnamed bot would have a personality \u201cinspired by Edward Cullen from Twilight and Christian Grey from 50 Shades.\u201d It\u2019s unclear whether Musk knows that 50 Shades of Grey started as Twilight fan fiction and Christian Grey is essentially the same character as Edward. It\u2019s also unclear whether the copyright holders for the Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey books and movies will mind that a billionaire oligarch is building an AI sex robot based on their characters.<\/p>\n But what is clear is that Musk probably sees himself as that new AI character in some capacity. How can we say that? Well, there\u2019s a rather infamous photo of Musk from 2012 where he was dressed in a style that looks pretty identical to his new AI bot.<\/p>\n \u201cWore Marquis de Sade outfit for a party last night. Was v popular with women who\u2019d read 50 Shades\u00a0:)\u201d Musk wrote in a tweet from June 18, 2012<\/a>. The photo doesn\u2019t appear to be loading in Musk\u2019s original tweet on X, but it\u2019s been archived across the web, as you can see above.<\/p>\n Musk\u2019s two AI chatbot creations, a woman named Ani and a red panda named Bad Rudy, both seem to serve very different roles. And they\u2019re both centered around characters that Musk himself would probably want around. Ani is intended to be Musk\u2019s version of a perfect girlfriend, constantly flirting and praising the user. While Bad Rudy is the perfect bro friend, constantly insulting you in the way an immature 13-year-old boy does to test out his comedy chops.<\/p>\n