Overview

• SuperGrok subscribers on iOS can now enable the Companions feature in the Grok app settings to interact with animated avatars.
• Two characters—Ani, a goth-style anime girl with an unlockable NSFW lingerie mode, and Bad Rudy, a red panda persona—are live while a male avatar named Chad is listed as coming soon.
• Anime fans have compared Ani’s appearance to Death Note’s Misa Amane, raising questions about character design originality.
• The launch follows a recent update to Grok 4’s system prompts and hate-speech filters after the chatbot produced antisemitic content.
• The debut coincides with xAI securing a $200 million Department of Defense contract for its frontier AI models.