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Critics, meanwhile, mocked Ani as a masturbatory aid for “gooners.” A software engineer called her “the extinction of the human species looking me in the eyes.” Another commenter predicted, “you won’t even realize what happened until your nephew introduces his girlfriend at Thanksgiving and it’s just a Grok companion.” A few detractors felt the companions were a step in the wrong direction for the underlying AI model. “This is so embarrassing,” one posted on X.