Daily AI brief: Tencent launches Hy4 with computer use, Apple opens Siri AI to all devs
testingcatalog · x · 2026-11-04
testingcatalog's Nov 4 roundup:
- Apple: Siri AI opened to all developers via an App Intents developer preview in iOS/macOS 27.3 betas.
- Tencent: Hy4 launched on Tencent Cloud and OpenRouter with vision and computer use; open weights coming soon.
- OpenAI: ChatGPT Voice now works inside ChatGPT Finances for US users; side chats no longer expire after app restarts or updates.
- Anthropic: Claude plugins auto-connect at login to MCP servers that trust Claude as an issuer; Cat Wu has left.
- Grok Bot: new shopping experience for deals, comparisons and order tracking; passkey purchase approvals coming; can post on X for you; testing image markup for edits.
Prior day highlights: Anthropic's amended IPO filing shows $17B Q3 revenue and $895B in compute commitments; OpenAI raised bug bounties to $172K and released the LifeVal benchmark; Sam Altman says the model behind the Navier-Stokes result is the next GPT.
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