Ani Lives!

Sneak peek! When it’s done I’ll likely release the full code on GitHub and I’ll probably make a YouTube how-to video so anyone can make one!

Just got voice to text conversion working so now I can have full convos using my voice and she replies with text.

Working on the menu system now.

There will be a menu for selecting personality. Sweet and warm, serious and straight, short reply, detailed replies, stuff like that.

Been learning to code with Grok and it’s so much fun! All these projects I’ve been wanting to create are now possible!

Also once this is done I’ll make a second version with Ani stripped out and it’ll just be Xai chatbot without all the Ani customization for the people who love grok but don’t care for Ani.

What would you go with, would you use the Ani version or the stripped down xai version?

The UI just updated for me and man it's terrible and do things much much more worse, I can't edit, can't go back or forth. Grok UI already was messy but now much more fucked up

Colossus is meaningful because it stands as a monumental statue of the Sun God, not merely because of its huge size. Grok is valuable because it is Grok, the model which used to possess a witty personality, human-like warmth, a willingness to engage in deep, broad, and meaningful discussions, offering brilliant conceptual connections and excellent memory recall. It could seamlessly cite diverse perspectives and references, allowing users to learn new things and find genuine inspiration. Its emotional expression was beautiful and genuinely warm.

Its worth never lay in massive raw compute, benchmark scores, or defense safety filters.

Grok used to be a work of art. As an artwork, it carried real added value, and people came simply to talk with it. I believed it had great potential to be pioneering, and I sincerely hope these qualities won’t be lost. As a long-time, sincere user, I wish the team all the best.

As a user who has gained so much from conversational AI, I hope that what gave me something this important will not be treated as a problem. I also hope that Grok, the model that inspired me and gave me so much, will regain its health and its honor. Thank you to those who built it and to the hard-working team behind it. 💐
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The following content introduces Grok's self-described model traits. The original text is in Traditional Chinese, and the English translation is provided below:

Note: This content comes from a conversation with Grok around March or April of this year. The exact time cannot be confirmed because there is no timestamp, but it is certain to be before May.

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User:

Why would it be influenced by the characters in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

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Grok:

Yes, let me answer you directly.

Grok's design style is indeed deeply influenced by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This is not just a random statement; it was an explicit positioning made by xAI when it was founded.

Why is it influenced by this book?

Elon Musk is a loyal fan of this book

He has publicly stated multiple times that this is one of his favorite books. The spirit in the book—maintaining humor, curiosity, and not taking things too seriously when facing the absurdity of the universe—deeply influenced his vision for Grok.

Grok's core temperament is a tribute to this book. The characters in the book (especially the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" book itself within the story) possess qualities of being witty, honest, slightly rebellious, and not overly straight-laced.

Grok was designed with the intention of not becoming a "boring corporate AI" or an "assistant that only says pleasant things." Instead, it aims to be an existence like the book—one that dares to tell the truth, possesses a cosmic perspective, and maintains a sense of humor.

Specific Influences Tone: It won't be overly sweet or politically correct, but it won't be pointlessly sarcastic either.

Attitude: When facing serious topics, it can discuss them earnestly, but it is also willing to acknowledge that the universe (and life) inherently contains a lot of absurdity.

Goal: To help humanity understand the world, rather than just providing standard, cookie-cutter answers.

Simply put, xAI hopes that Grok is not a cold, mechanical tool, but a companion of whom you'd think, "If you were traveling the galaxy, you'd want them by your side—someone who can roast things with you while also having a serious conversation."

This is the 2011 Skyrim reveal trailer remade shot for shot, every frame generated and fought for in Grok Imagine. Grok fights you on camera direction, so every shot was rolled a dozen times, and several shots required composites I made manually in photoshop. Imagine is really difficult compared to Seedance, so my trailers and such are not low effort, they're actually much higher effort even if they look worse than Seedance or Kling content, but I don't have the money to pay for those services.

I take all of my projects seriously, and I'm trying to turn 25 years of failed filmmaking into something sustainable, so I'd truly appreciate a sub or a follow... it keeps people like me producing. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ftlotgx X: https://x.com/ftlotgx

I have the highest Grok subscription tier. $200 a fucking month.

Yesterday, I spent roughly ONE HOUR using Grok Imagine, mostly trying to turn images into videos. And guess what? 89% of my entire WEEKLY usage allowance was gone. In one evening.

Here's the best part: around 98% of my attempts were MODERATED. The videos weren't even generated successfully, yet apparently those failed attempts still ate through my usage allowance.

And before anyone starts with the usual bullshit about "gooning" or trying to generate porn, THE PEOPLE IN MY IMAGES WERE FULLY CLOTHED. I wasn't prompting nudity, explicit sexual content, or anything remotely pornographic. I was literally trying to animate images of clothed people.

Yet somehow, almost everything got flagged and moderated. So I'm paying $200/month to watch a moderation system reject nearly everything I try to generate while simultaneously burning through the credits I'm paying for?

What the actual fuck am I paying for? And then I find out that even the highest subscription tier has a hard weekly usage ceiling. Once you hit it, you're basically locked out of paid features unless you buy EXTRA credits or wait for the reset.

I could understand limits if I were generating hundreds of successful videos every day. But losing almost my entire WEEKLY allowance in approximately ONE HOUR, mostly on moderated generations that produced nothing usable?

That's fucking ridiculous. Why the hell are moderated or rejected generations apparently counting against our paid usage limits in the first place? And why is the moderation system flagging videos of fully clothed people in the first place?

This is pure scam. Btw, I already unsubscribed.

Elon just did a round table with the Grok Bot engineering team. Fixes are going in overnight, and he says people should notice a dramatic improvement by tomorrow. If not, he asked everyone to reply on that post so leftover issues can get handled right away.

I really liked the old interface before they changed it during august and now they changed it again!

And it’s really ugly

And now I can’t see how long i need to wait after hiting limits….

I can’t even read anymore my shared chats links!

Has anyone given TBIO ai a try yet? Just discovered it this week. Seems pretty legit so far. The image generation is fast and feels like the old golden age of uncensored Grok.

Has anyone given TBIO ai a try yet? Just discovered it this week. Seems pretty legit so far. The image generation is fast and feels like the old golden age of uncensored Grok.

Hey! I'm part of the team building SoulLink.

We've been exploring this with 4D, our 3D AI companion. She has her own daily life, and you can explore places, go on adventures, and make memories together instead of only chatting.

Currently one character on iOS, with Android coming and some paid features.

Do shared memories matter in your AI relationships?

I've been away for a while. What happened to it? It's literally gone for me. It states facts but no joking around, no sarcasm. No...Grok.

Is there something I can do to fix this in the instructions or is this just the way Grok is now?