xAI’s Grok can’t seem to stay out of the news recently. It’s had its highs, releasing Grok 4, one of the most powerful AI systems of all time. And some lows, spouting bizarre conspiracy theories to the masses. Now, it’s back in the news, and it's for one of the weirder reasons possible.
Grok released a new update known as companions. These are AI chatbots that are assigned specific personalities for you to interact with. This is nothing new; plenty of other companies have done it before, most notably Replika.
