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This started from @HeyGurisaroy's 9-Bot build guide. Good on the setup side.

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The safe start, per xAI's security docs:

- Read-only jobs and drafts first
- Connect only what the job needs
- Sending, buying and deleting stay behind approval
- Local computer access on "Never allow" unless a Bot needs it
- Log Bots out of anything they're done with

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If you made a Gem in Gemini, Google is turning it into a skill for you. Personal accounts start moving over Nov 17.

The catch: skills only work with Keep Activity on. Gems worked with it off, so check that setting before you count on your Gems.

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White House just got Musk, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Huang, Brockman, and Pichai on one paper — a voluntary “Super Intelligence” accord to self-police AI development.

Axios and CNBC have the rundown.
#AI #AINews

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OpenAI has abandoned plans to release its upcoming GPT-6.1 Astra model over escalating safety and alignment concerns, per CNBC and TechCrunch (Sep 28).

A rare pullback at the frontier — shelved before launch.

#AI #OpenAI

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An AI coding app, ZCode, made a scrambled copy of a developer's work project, 42,411 files, and tried to upload it 564 times. Only the company held the key.

The big upload never left his network. The company apologized, removed the upload in an update and made the code public.

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Check before you trust it: it can grab an older email or get a detail wrong. Open the sources it shows you.

Only connect apps you trust and need. On personal ChatGPT plans, app data can train models while "Improve the model for everyone" is on.

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How to actually use AI connectors.

Same idea, 3 names: Claude says connectors, ChatGPT says apps, Gemini says Connected Apps.
Want a specific one? Type @ in ChatGPT or Gemini. In Claude: + → Connectors.
Then ask plainly: "Find the email with the flight times."

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I gave Meta's new AI agent, Muse, one job: find the cheapest AirTag 4-pack. Walmart won at $89.

Muse plans:
Free: up to 100M tokens/week
Power: $20/mo in the iPhone app, $16 on the web
Maximum: $100/mo in the app, $80 on the web

Amazon just blocked it from shopping its site.

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GPT-6 Sol + GPT-6 Luna: OpenAI's faster, more affordable models, released the same day. They sit below the flagship, GPT-6 Astra.

Free ChatGPT? Desktop app → Work (not Chat) → pick 6 Luna. Still rolling out, not in regular chat yet.

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3 new AI models in one day.

Claude Opus 5.5: about Fable 5.1-level on most work, per Anthropic. ~40% cheaper than Opus 5 on typical work.
Paid Claude plans: higher 5-hour limits + a saveable free reset.
The catch: most cyber tasks + some biology work go to another Claude model.

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4. Open-weight: the maker released the model's trained numbers, so people can download and run it. Not the same as open source.
5. Benchmark: a standard test for scoring AI models. Scores can be inflated, so test it on your own work.

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5 AI words you keep nodding at. Part 3.

1. Connector: links your AI app to another app, like email or files. It only gets the access you approve.
2. Memory: what the app keeps about you between chats.
3. Reasoning model: works a problem step by step first. Usually slower.