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Week in review

Every Friday: what shipped, what broke, what to do now and what to watch next week.

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NewsReported

Grok Bot this week: a faster app, X Chat, a new plan and two outages

Oct 12 to 16 in one read: what shipped in Grok Bot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT and Hark, what broke, what to do now, and what to watch the week of Oct 19.

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NewsNeeds re-check

Grok Bot this week: its own email, X tagging and a rough Thursday

Oct 5 to 9 in one read: two releases, Bot email, built-in X search, Opus 5.5 routing, a day of failed replies and late routines, and what to watch the week of Oct 12.

Grok BotUpdated 10 Oct 2026