Leaked: OpenAI reportedly building always-on agent 'Aeon' to counter xAI's Grok Bot

koltregaskes · x · 2026-09-22

A leak circulating on X claims OpenAI is working on an always-on agent called Aeon, positioned as "ChatGPT's answer to Grok Bot" from xAI. The rumor, shared by koltregaskes citing an image from @btibor91, has no official confirmation yet — no release timing, capability details, or platform specifics are known. If true, it would mean OpenAI is following xAI in shipping a persistent, proactively-running agent.

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