AI Personal Assistants: Muse, Grok Bot, Cue Usage & Comparisons

The author demoed his own personal agent system at an AI Tinkerers meetup and compared its design choices with SpaceX's use of Grok Bot, concluding memory is still unsolved.

A Japanese user had Grok Bot count posts containing "追証" (margin call), showing a personal assistant used for social media data counting.

Given a single prompt, Grok Bot downloaded two hours of interviews, read transcripts, picked six moments, cut them with titles and music, and self-checked the result, delivering a 30–40s trailer in about half an hour.

A roundup of self-reported savings from Grok Bot users, such as $210 a month in subscriptions and $1,245 on car insurance, with four copyable audit prompts.

xAI's startup program gives funded companies one shared credit pool covering Grok chat, Grok Build, Grok Bot and the API, with 20% upfront and the rest unlocked after onboarding.

The author's biggest change after trying Claude Duet is starting the day with its three-item to-do digest, while sensitive actions like transfers and posts still need approval; they warn to grant minimal permissions early.

Anthropic released research-preview Claude Duet, a personal agent with its own VM and browser that keeps working after your device is off, competing with OpenAI Dots and Meta Muse on trustworthy delegation.

A Japanese user hopes Claude Duet launches in Japan soon and suggests using such a personal agent to gather vulnerability information.

Claude Duet reads your email and calendar on its own and preps work until confirmation, pausing only before sending, paying, or deleting; it is a research preview with a US Pro/Max waitlist.

A Taiwanese crypto poster compares Claude Duet, Muse, Grok Bot and ChatGPT Dots, complains about stacking subscriptions, and pivots to pre-IPO tokens.

A step-by-step guide to splitting Grok Bot into researcher, writer and reviewer roles, with handoff rules that let six bots run 2.4x faster than one.

A heavy Grok Bot user praises the app and asks for pop-out video playback while editing, checkboxes for to-do lists, and pinning or a today view for key messages.