Siri vs Dots, Muse, Duet, Grok Bot and Gemini Spark: Nov 10, 2026

[SPECIAL EDITION] Apple's new CEO John Ternus reportedly told Craig Federighi to move faster, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman believes Siri could become "more like an agent as early as next year." Five labs already ship one. We compare them side by side and ask: when an AI agent keeps working after you close the app, who do you trust to act for you while you sleep? Rate the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1684415169 In this episode: - Apple: Siri AI is still request-based; an agent Siri is reported, not announced. Google's Gemini already powers it. - The five: Gemini Spark/Task (Google, May, from $19.99), Grok Bot (SpaceXAI and Cursor, Aug, from $120 a seat), Muse (Meta, Sep, free tier, then $20 or $100), Dots (OpenAI, Sep, from $100), Claude Duet (Anthropic, Oct, waitlist preview). - The trust stack: all five run on their own cloud computer and ask before money moves or messages go out. - What leaders should do: one workflow, a 30-day pilot, approvals on, least privilege, measure hours saved. Today's corners: 🎓 Cert Corner: which control best limits damage from prompt injection in an AI agent? (A to D) 🚩 Red Flag or Green Light? An inbox agent that drafts only, with human approval to send, pay or delete. 🏛️ Boardroom Call (cost): how should a 40-person company buy its first always-on agent? Answers at the end of the episode.