PipeStitchGrok Bot can reach your bank and talk by voice
Grok Bot links to your bank through Plaid, a lower-cost Codex model, and a Claude Code fix that hides sign-in keys.
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Grok Bot
Grok Bot can look at your bank accounts and talk by voice
One outside report says a September 30 post from Elon Musk shows Grok Bot searching and managing your finances through Plaid, which links it to your bank data. It also shows voice calls where the bot searches your chats and handles interruptions.
Source: 24/7 Wall St.
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Claude Code
Claude Code stops showing saved sign-in keys in error messages
The September 30 update fixes error messages that could show the sign-in key for an add-on that connects it to other apps. Add-ons can also no longer pull in pieces from loose code folders, only from the main public library.
Source: Claude Code
Codex
Codex gets a lower-cost model for long, repeated work
OpenAI added a model to Codex and ChatGPT Work on September 29 that comes close to its stronger model on complex work, at a lower cost. OpenAI points to it for repeated, long-running work; whether you get it depends on your plan and workspace settings.
Source: OpenAI
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