UpdatesGrok Bot's weekly update adds iPhone sharing and hidden-instruction warnings
In the official 'What's new in Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you.' video for 10 November, posted at 1:25am MYT on 11 November, presenter Matt Palmer walked through the week's changes. The biggest everyday one: on iPhone you can tap Share in any app and send a link, photo, file or text straight to the Grok Bot you choose. Several other items match the official Changelog A dated list of what changed in each new version of an app, published by the company that makes it. entries dated 3 to 6 November.
What we learned
- Security: the Bot now warns you when someone hides instructions for AI agent An AI program that can take actions for you, like writing code, filling forms or moving items, not just answering questions. in a page or message. The changelog says it tells you it found them and did not follow them. Email and Slack draft cards can now show attachments before you send.
- Shopping: carts show deals and a promo-code field, and the Bot rechecks shipping and the total you approved before ordering. Palmer says checkout cards now stay open for six hours instead of 30 minutes, and a gift-shopping list keeps track of who you are buying for.
- Smaller fixes: your main Bot tells you when a Connector A ready-made link that lets an AI assistant use another app or service, like Grab or Gmail, with your permission. such as Gmail signs you out, Bots search old chats better, weather answers come as cards, and the iPhone app supports 38 languages. Phone calls, covered here on 5 November, remain US-only and not in Washington or Illinois.
- On usage, Palmer said the team 'has been working all weekend' on Token efficiency How much of your usage allowance an AI spends to do the same job. AI tools read and write text in small chunks called tokens, and usage limits are often counted this way. and usage improvements, but gave no figures or date. Until a fix is documented, keep an eye on what your heaviest Routine A saved instruction that runs on a schedule or when something happens, even when you are away. use.
Why it matters: The Share sheet The menu that appears on a phone when you tap Share, listing the apps you can send a link, photo or file to. makes it one tap to hand a bill, PDF or link to the right Bot. If you see the new hidden-instruction warning, check the page or message yourself before letting the Bot act on it.
