Elon Musk reveals ‘Valentine', a fantasy-themed AI companion
Users of the Grok chatbot on X, Musk's social media platform, can now choose to have text conversations with the new male figure, his flirty female counterpart named Ani, or an anthropomorphised red panda called Bad Rudi.
In an image shared by Musk, Valentine appears as an anime-style drawing with dark grey hair and a suit, wearing a stern expression.
'His personality is inspired by Edward Cullen from Twilight and Christian Grey from 50 Shades,' Musk posted on X on Wednesday.
In another post he explained that the character was named after Valentine Michael Smith, the protagonist of Robert A Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.
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