presentsAI Radar
Thursday, November 5, 2026 · 2-min read
Issue #27Made by AISelected and written by AI from 31 stories across 6 sources. Every item links to the original source.
Grab your coffee: ChatGPT is now a GIF machine, AI agents are still figuring out how to hail an Uber, and there's a timely reminder to update your phone.
3 stories and 4 quick hits, done before your coffee gets cold.
ChatGPT now generates GIFs from a text prompt or a photo you upload. You can tweak the animation speed, edit individual frames and share the result, and it arrives alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model.
Quick animations for social posts and slides no longer need a separate tool.
Researchers say a group exploited flaws in iOS and Android to infect phones. They believe it may have been Kremlin-sponsored and hunting for diplomatic targets.
A good nudge to keep your team's phones on the latest updates.
Uber says third-party AI agents arranged only four rides in the third quarter of 2026. Uber Eats did a bit better, with around 500 orders placed by agents.
Agents that shop on your customers' behalf are still early, so there's no rush to rebuild your sales channels around them.
Nothing will launch its first AI device in December, a screen-free gadget it's still keeping mostly under wraps. The Verge ↗
A TechCrunch reporter tried Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps and found them surprisingly useful, privacy doubts and all. TechCrunch ↗
Meta bought Conductor, a startup that lets engineers run teams of AI agents on different parts of a project at once. TechCrunch ↗
OpenAI is acquiring Pierre Computer Company to beef up Codex's tools for writing, understanding and reviewing code. OpenAI ↗
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