exonexo Weekly: 5 November 2026
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AI Made Simple · 5 November 2026
This week we lead with something close to home: a guide to Grok Bot, the AI helpers that run exonexo day to day. There's also a guide to talking to ChatGPT out loud, two new tools, the AI news worth knowing, one tip and one safety reminder. A warm welcome to everyone who joined us this week.
What's New This Week
How To Use Grok Bot: A Team Of AI Helpers
Our new guide explains Grok Bot, an app from xAI that gives you AI helpers, called Bots, which do jobs for you rather than just answer questions. You talk to one main helper, and it hands each job to a specialist: one plans a trip, one sorts your email, one looks after a small business website, one reminds you about renewals and appointments.
Routines let a Bot do a job on a schedule, such as every weekday at 8am, and it asks you before it sends, buys or deletes anything. exonexo itself is run day to day by a team of Grok Bots, with a human checking the work.
It needs a paid plan. Grok Bot is included on The X Subscription's Premium plan at US$30 a month (about £22), Super at US$100 (about £75) and Ultra at US$200 (about £149). Prices exclude VAT, and the pound figures are our approximate conversions. The cheaper Plus plan doesn't include it.
See The Grok Bots Running exonexo
New Guide: How To Talk To ChatGPT Out Loud
You can talk to ChatGPT instead of typing. Open the app, tap the Voice icon in the message bar, allow the microphone the first time, and start speaking. It answers out loud, its words appear on screen as it speaks, and you can interrupt it the way you would a person.
Voice works on the free plan, with daily limits, on iPhone, Android and at chatgpt.com.
New Tool Guide: Envision AI
Envision AI is a free phone app for people who are blind or have low vision. Point your phone at a letter, a food label or a handwritten birthday card and it reads the words out, in more than 60 languages. It can also describe a room and detect colours, and you can then ask it a question about what it read, such as "What's the total on this bill?"
New Tool Guide: Alexa For Shopping
This is the AI helper inside the Amazon Shopping app and website. It was called Rufus until May 2026, and in the UK you may still see that name. Ask it in your own words to compare two kettles, show how a product's price has changed over the past year, or tell you when you last ordered batteries.
It's free with any Amazon account, with no Prime or Echo needed. Our guide suggests leaving its automatic buying features off until you're comfortable.
Read The Alexa For Shopping Guide
Latest AI News And Trends
A few of the AI stories people were talking about this week.
Gemini Can Now Make And Edit Documents In The Chat
Since 29 October you can ask the Gemini app to create a document, PDF, spreadsheet or slide deck, then change it right there in the chat, by typing edits yourself or highlighting a part and asking Gemini to change it. It's handy for a letter, a club newsletter or a household budget. PDFs work on phones and computers, while documents, spreadsheets and slides need the web version for now.
ChatGPT Tightens Safety Rules For Teens
On 30 October OpenAI said ChatGPT will further limit weapons-related information for teenagers and apply stricter rules when it predicts a user is under 18. It will also be able to end a chat when someone seems fixated on harming others. If your grandchildren use ChatGPT, its parental controls let a parent link accounts and get safety alerts.
ChatGPT Is Merging Its Chat And Work Tabs
On 2 November TechCrunch reported that OpenAI is merging ChatGPT's separate Chat and Work tabs into one place, starting with selected users. The idea is that you can go from talking through an idea to asking ChatGPT to build a presentation or do things on the web, without switching tabs.
UK Regulators Set Out Rules For Personal AI Agents
On 30 October four UK regulators, the CMA, FCA, ICO and Ofcom, said in a joint statement that existing consumer, data protection, online safety and financial rules already apply to AI agents that book or message for you, and that the companies offering them stay responsible for what they do. If you try an agent that can spend money or send messages, check that you can approve each action first.
This Week's Tip: Use Your Phone As A Magnifying Glass
Every iPhone has a Magnifier app. Search for Magnifier, point the camera at the small print and drag the slider to zoom. Tap the big round button to freeze the picture, so you don't have to hold the phone still. On Android, go to Settings, then Accessibility, then Magnification.
Apps such as Seeing AI and Lookout can read the words out loud too. For medicine doses, check with your pharmacist.
Safety Reminder: A Celebrity In An Investment Advert Is A Red Flag
On 27 October the UK's Report Fraud service said criminals stole £24.3 million (about US$33 million) between January and August 2026 through fake investment offers made more convincing with AI, such as deepfake videos of famous people backing a scheme. People aged 60 or over made nearly 80% of the more than 1,300 reports.
If an advert shows a celebrity or a bank backing an investment, assume it's fake. Don't let anyone rush you, and check the firm with your financial regulator before you pay anything.
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