AI tools
Four vendors, four kinds of news this week.
Grok Bot
Shipped
Vault, email forwarding, fewer approvals
v0.75.5 (Oct 23)
v0.75.5 (Oct 23)
- A Vault holds logins, cards and contact info
- Email forwarding keeps attachments
- Fewer approval prompts
Shipped Oct 23
Claude
Waitlist preview
Claude Duet
- Waitlist preview
- Open to US Pro and Max plans
US Pro and Max, waitlist
ChatGPT
Privacy feature
Locked chats with a PIN
- Locked chats protected by a PIN
- Framed by Fortune as a privacy move by OpenAI
See Fortune for rollout details
Gemini
Generally available
Gemini 4 Argon
- General availability on Oct 13
- Needs Google AI Pro or Ultra
Google AI Pro or Ultra
TakeawayFour vendors, four different kinds of news: a bot update, a waitlisted agent, a privacy feature and a model that needs a paid plan.
Also noted
Smaller AI items from the last few weeks
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Claude Haiku 5.5 costs about 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5, Anthropic saysOct 7ClaudeAnthropic
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Gemini adds a Customize hub for skills and 40+ connected appsOct 21GeminiGoogle Workspace Updates
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ChatGPT to test visual ads during image generation for Free and Go users in the USOct 5ChatGPTOpenAI