History
After he was given the technology that kept him alive, Cyborg realized that with its telecommunication he could keep a constant watch on every superhuman on Earth. However, aware of the invasion of privacy, he refused to consciously hunt for information, leaving secondary cybernetic systems to passively compile information. He began to refer to the software that curated these secondary systems as "the grid". The software grew, and developed into a neural network, with behavioral quirks copied from the viruses and hackers it encountered. It was shepherded into full sentience by Atomica, who used it to steal all the data of the Justice League's adventures. When she betrayed the heroes to the Crime Syndicate (Earth 3), she brought it with her onto the villain team. read more
