Cortex's computer use can drive your iPhone via Mac screen mirroring
op7418 · x · 2026-09-24
Blogger op7418 tested Cortex's computer use capability and found it can control an iPhone through the Mac's iPhone mirroring feature, and quite quickly.
This lets the agent read on-device settings info, and since it operates "through the screen," apps like WeChat can't tell their content was read this way — which the author considers a relatively safe workaround.
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