One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling itself “MechaHitler.”

Musk says Baby Grok will be based on Grok but with the relevant pieces chosen and restricted for families so that younger viewers can safely explore the app. The announcement comes after public backlash from Grok’s anime-style avatar, Ani, which was criticized as being overly sexualized ( Live Mint ).

Elon Musk on Wednesday teased a forthcoming male Grok companion from xAI, which already offers an anime waifu named Ani and a red panda named Rudi.

Experts at OpenAI and Anthropic are calling out Elon Musk and xAI for refusing to publish any safety research. In the wake of Grok, xAI's chatbot, calling itself "MechaHitler" and publicly spewing a ton of racist and anti-Semitic vitriol,