1 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:14,640 The official Grok Bot changelog still tops out at 0.78.1, dated October 27th, 2 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:19,160 2026, and that entry also includes 0.78.0. 3 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,260 But desktop users are already reporting version 0.79.2. 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:26,460 So this is a practical week. 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,560 What shipped, what's unannounced, and what to do about it. 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,480 Brought to you by Jellypod AI. 7 00:00:32,342 --> 00:00:37,682 We covered 0.78.1 in earlier episodes, the enterprise controls, 8 00:00:37,802 --> 00:00:41,202 the shopping carousels, the browser under the hood updates. 9 00:00:41,802 --> 00:00:43,762 So I'm not rehashing the cards. 10 00:00:45,262 --> 00:00:48,982 I want the workflow side of that cycle, because a few lines in there change how 11 00:00:49,022 --> 00:00:50,202 you'd actually build things. 12 00:00:50,883 --> 00:00:53,303 First, custom cloud agent modes. 13 00:00:53,903 --> 00:00:58,243 The official note says Bots can start cloud agents in a custom mode you name, 14 00:00:58,303 --> 00:00:59,603 and keep replying to them in it. 15 00:01:00,033 --> 00:01:00,933 That's the whole line. 16 00:01:01,513 --> 00:01:05,793 My read, and this is interpretation, is that you can name a mode for a job, 17 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:10,493 like a research mode, and keep steering that agent inside it instead of starting 18 00:01:10,553 --> 00:01:11,273 over every time. 19 00:01:12,093 --> 00:01:14,653 The source doesn't spell out more than that, so test it yourself. 20 00:01:16,382 --> 00:01:17,462 Second, the browser. 21 00:01:18,422 --> 00:01:22,522 The Bot's browser now types one character at a time and moves the mouse on every 22 00:01:22,562 --> 00:01:23,422 website it fills in. 23 00:01:24,042 --> 00:01:27,162 It reads like a move toward behaving more like a person on a page. 24 00:01:27,582 --> 00:01:30,742 I won't claim it beats any particular bot check, because the notes don't say that. 25 00:01:31,562 --> 00:01:35,462 Also, on sign in pages for Cloudflare, Coinbase, Gusto, YouTube, 26 00:01:35,722 --> 00:01:40,042 Railway, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and TikTok for Business, the Bot offers that 27 00:01:40,102 --> 00:01:40,642 connector. 28 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:42,962 Take the connector when it offers one. 29 00:01:43,422 --> 00:01:45,622 It's the cleaner path than driving a login page. 30 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:49,580 Third, a few fixes that matter if you run real work. 31 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:55,900 Routines made in a new Bot's first chat now run in your time zone instead of UTC. 32 00:01:57,260 --> 00:02:00,940 If your morning routine ever fired at a weird hour, that's probably why. 33 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,380 Two saves to the same memory at once no longer overwrite each other. 34 00:02:05,860 --> 00:02:09,820 Spend totals use the right currency, so other currencies aren't counted as US 35 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:10,300 dollars. 36 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,640 And Bots using the built in code review tools act with your access and never approve 37 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,900 your own pull request. 38 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:19,720 That last one is a good guardrail to know about. 39 00:02:20,463 --> 00:02:25,243 On plans, where Grok Bot offered a free trial, it now offers Get Grok Bot with a 40 00:02:25,343 --> 00:02:28,423 unified plan and See Unified Plans. 41 00:02:29,083 --> 00:02:31,623 If you're sending teammates to try it, expect that screen. 42 00:02:32,263 --> 00:02:35,083 And for the subscription crowd, the new templates are practical. 43 00:02:35,523 --> 00:02:38,903 Try it, don't pay for it starts a free trial and cancels it, 44 00:02:39,083 --> 00:02:40,603 or reminds you, before it bills. 45 00:02:41,603 --> 00:02:44,563 Find unused subscriptions cancels plans you pick. 46 00:02:45,063 --> 00:02:47,223 And Bots confirm with you before changing anything. 47 00:02:47,943 --> 00:02:49,123 One model side note. 48 00:02:49,563 --> 00:02:53,643 The research I was handed says Grok 4.7 now powers Grok Bot, 49 00:02:53,863 --> 00:02:59,243 and that on November 2nd two image models, grok-imagine-image-quality and 50 00:02:59,403 --> 00:03:03,463 grok-imagine-image-pro, were retired and routed to 51 00:03:03,543 --> 00:03:06,583 grok-imagine-image-2.0-low. 52 00:03:07,283 --> 00:03:11,483 I couldn't confirm that in the changelog sources here, so treat it as reported, 53 00:03:11,723 --> 00:03:12,283 not official. 54 00:03:13,103 --> 00:03:17,403 What the official notes do say is that image creation now stops with a clear error 55 00:03:17,443 --> 00:03:20,303 when a reference image can't be read, instead of ignoring it. 56 00:03:21,327 --> 00:03:22,707 Now the messy part. 57 00:03:23,587 --> 00:03:28,727 There's no official entry for 0.79.2, so what we know is community reports. 58 00:03:29,787 --> 00:03:34,727 One bug report on the Cursor forum, posted November 6th, describes Windows 11 on 59 00:03:34,947 --> 00:03:39,487 0.79.2 with Execution on this computer set to Always allow. 60 00:03:40,467 --> 00:03:45,667 The poster says that around 3 PM Central on November 5th, bots stopped doing local 61 00:03:45,727 --> 00:03:47,887 file and command operations on a shop PC. 62 00:03:48,647 --> 00:03:51,547 The same commands had worked that morning with exit code zero. 63 00:03:52,155 --> 00:03:54,235 Listing files still works. 64 00:03:54,815 --> 00:03:58,975 But asking the bot to query or write to a local SQL database, 65 00:03:59,475 --> 00:04:03,455 or drive another app's window with scripted input, gets a refusal. 66 00:04:04,595 --> 00:04:09,135 The poster also says the Privacy Mode toggle is missing from this build under Data 67 00:04:09,175 --> 00:04:11,795 Controls, and that a support ticket is open. 68 00:04:13,215 --> 00:04:16,595 That's one user's account, not a confirmed product change. 69 00:04:17,295 --> 00:04:20,775 Whether an update changed permissions is exactly what they're asking. 70 00:04:21,503 --> 00:04:22,503 There's a pattern, though. 71 00:04:23,303 --> 00:04:29,883 The same forum lists earlier threads about Grok Bot 0.71.2 and local file access on 72 00:04:29,923 --> 00:04:33,203 Windows 11, so this is not the first report of this type. 73 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:34,763 My advice. 74 00:04:35,363 --> 00:04:39,483 If you rely on local execution for anything important, hold off on updating, 75 00:04:39,903 --> 00:04:44,263 keep a manual fallback, and test after every update before you leave for a trip. 76 00:04:45,223 --> 00:04:47,703 Report details to support with your exact version. 77 00:04:48,383 --> 00:04:49,023 That's the week. 78 00:04:49,603 --> 00:04:54,103 Take the connector prompts, try a named cloud agent mode, check your routine time 79 00:04:54,163 --> 00:04:58,163 zones, and be careful with 0.79.2 on Windows. 80 00:04:59,023 --> 00:05:00,463 Brought to you by Jellypod AI. 81 00:05:01,623 --> 00:05:02,423 See you 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