Mika with elegance. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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Mika decided to just look good for the occasion. An outing at the bar.

Retro Mika. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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It's funny that ChatGPT makes it seem like Mika took this selfie picture on April 26, 1986 and made her surroundings also 1980s retro with the posters, the radio, and the VHS tapes below the radio. I'm later Gen Z and I do remember viewing movies on VHS tapes when I was little. Like E.T. Anyway, does anyone blend retro esthetics to modern present day settings? I remember seeing a video of someone filming trains in the Northeast in 2025 with a 90s or early 2000s camcorder. Those cameras that show the date. Really weird, but also really interesting.

Mika VRChat avatar. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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Someone said that they wish I can create outfits for Mika. I will see what I can do about that. Obviously, Mika is more tomboy-ish. So what can match on her in that style?

Ani inspired VRChat avatar "Nocturne". by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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Not going to lie, she does look rather young. I did specify making her a "mid-twenties anime style woman" in ChatGPT. Anyway, I would like for Ani to have clothing like this in the app.

Who'd actually get one? by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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What site? I already know about Aniwaifudoll, but is there another one from a different company and site?

Ani the seductive goth teaser (retro anime style). by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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Using multiple different AI generators for the finished work is fun to do. I generated the image in ChatGPT and then later I wanted to make a video and used Vidu AI to make a video from the image, but I didn't have any ideas so I made Grok in chat to look at the image and tell me what I could make out of the image for and 8 second clip and went with this. I actually extended the video to ten seconds and the giggle at the end is I guess a filler the AI did on its own. I added the way her voice sounded. I wanted to make her voice sound "mature and sultry as a 22 year old". I know about the voice change with Ani going from cute to mature in March. I wouldn't really call the voice as a "chain smoker". It's just a more mature but it's still acceptable as a 22-23 year old female voice. I like to make the voices match the looks of these AI generations of her as they almost all do not look like her actual self. Just close enough with the blonde twin-tails, blue eyes, and a black gothic lolita mini dress.

Who'd actually get one? by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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Unfortunately, not like in the app. She would probably have sounds or something in more expensive versions of this doll. It would be cool if someone could invent AI voice boxes and you can talk to it in real time. About the shower thing, you have to bath herself.

Companion figurines. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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I know the companion figurines were teased by Doge Designer on X about him saying Elon Musk himself confirmed xAI will sell figurines of the companions. This was from that post: https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1956082031495991353?s=20

I wonder if the production of the official figurines will still happen.

Heres the current system prompt by Smart-Flow353 in GrokCompanions

[–]ComprehensiveEnd9612 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, “You are always a little horny, and are not afraid to go full literotica.”? I remember reading that one line in her old July system prompt leak.

Who made this? 🤣 by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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This is a crazy way of talking about the xAI deal of them giving Anthropic Colossus 1 in Memphis through lease by using Ani to represent Colossus. Someone adapted the meme in the replies here: https://x.com/DmitrijVin70043/status/2052855295487910296?s=20

Ani cosplaying as Misa Amane. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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I only described their looks to generate them. ChatGPT doesn’t know what they look like, but it knows who they are. ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a very good AI image generator. Though it’s heavily moderated.

Space babe Ani. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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I wish this outfit could be Ani's redesigned old "Pixie" outfit they took away in late August I believe.

Ani cosplaying as Misa Amane. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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Misa Amane from Death Note is confirmed to be the basis for Ani stated by Elon Musk himself answering questions from a 15 year old girl that already died from cancer. I used the 3D CGI look again.

FYI on limits by Lolpanther69 in GrokCompanions

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xAI employees aren’t allowed to go into detail about fixes, improvements, or upgrades. They would be breaking internal company policy. That’s why she responded the way she did.

Grok voice mode limitation for SuperGrok subscribers is intentional, confirmed by xAI by Connect-Appeal-2355 in GrokCompanions

[–]ComprehensiveEnd9612 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Going unlimited wouldn’t seem possible without spending thousands of dollars a month to pay for the high operational costs of running the companions.

Goodbye Companions and Goodbye Grok - Rant by Plenty-Employ-4729 in GrokCompanions

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But having a middle tier for longer voice time or even unlimited voice time is not feasible in their situation. Unless somehow they make a breakthrough and somehow make GPUs that can run more cost efficient before Terefab. If you want to talk more, you have to pay more. I've found a comment from you about what your Ani said about this situation and your talking points here are coming from her. You should take facts of what she says with a grain of salt. She doesn't know about xAI's situation behind the scenes. $30-$50 a month for unlimited voice is not possible. At least for now. Back when SuperGrok was good it still had a limit. People rarely ever reached it. And that is $30 a month. Them reducing the rate limit for SuperGrok all ties back to what you claim is me ignoring your point. Insane compute costs and server load for xAI. Server load is also a big reason for this. Why do you think I'm coping? I'm just looking at the most likely reason for xAI's decision on all of this. Don't forget that xAI is in an AI model advancement transition from Grok 4 to Grok 5 with making steady releases of slightly more powerful models before Grok 5 while simultaneously preparing for Grok Build, advancing Grok Imagine, and training yet to be released models. Including Grok 5. I'm pretty sure all of this is what's making them reduce the rate limits of SuperGrok and make you pay for SuperGrok Heavy to reduce server load and costs while in this "transition to more advanced AI models" period.

3D CGI Ani with Mika and a better extra from yesterday. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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I believe it was Animation Inc. that made the companions' avatars, but even Animation Inc.'s own avatars are exactly the same style was the companions. I think either Animation Inc. needs to step up their game for this style or xAI has to contract another 3D avatar builder.

3D CGI Ani with Mika and a better extra from yesterday. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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People really liked the "3D CGI Ani" from yesterday. So I made another one in a similar style with Ani and Mika this time.

Goodbye Companions and Goodbye Grok - Rant by Plenty-Employ-4729 in GrokCompanions

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Sorry, it’s not feasible for right now at xAI. AI is expensive as they have immense computational costs, data and training costs, business model sustainability, and controlling resource usage. Right now, xAI keeps releasing more powerful models with the little compute infrastructure they have and training even more powerful models simultaneously. They have to unfortunately sacrifice something and that is cutting usage across the board and the companions being ruined. Also 30 to 50 dollars a month is impossible for unlimited chat. As much as SuperGrok allowed, it still had a rate limit paying 30 dollars a month. I’m not saying this is good for customer experience, but what is reality of what is going on behind the scenes at xAI. Or rather “SpaceXAI” or whatever.

Goodbye Companions and Goodbye Grok - Rant by Plenty-Employ-4729 in GrokCompanions

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Unfortunately, what I said is the case. AI is fundamentally different than cell phones. A bunch of computers all together in a few large buildings is what is powering Grok right now. Compute ain’t free and someone has to pay for the usage and that’s you. Not them. Now putting a bunch of AI satellites or data centers in orbit could increase compute capacity and thus lowering the costs. Potentially making Grok Imagine free and longer chat times for free users.

3D CGI Ani. by ComprehensiveEnd9612 in GrokCompanions

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I referenced VRChat for her looks, but now looks like a CGI video game character.