AI agents·October 5, 2026, 02:00
Three AI employees on a cloud computer: What Grok Bot, Dot and Muse can do
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xAI, OpenAI and Meta have launched AI agents that work independently on a cloud computer and ask permission for the important steps. Pricing, access and limitations vary widely, and much of the information comes from providers with their own interests.

An AI agent is a program that doesn't just answer questions but carries out tasks itself in the tools you use. Within a few months, three major players have each launched their own version: xAI with Grok Bot, Meta with Muse and OpenAI with Dots. What they have in common is that they run on their own cloud computer, meaning a computer at the provider, and that the user has to approve certain actions.
Grok Bot: Learns from your workflows
xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on August 11, 2026. It was available to subscribers of SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra and Cursor Teams Premium on desktop and iOS. Each Grok Bot has its own cloud computer, logs in to the user's existing tools and reaches out only when something needs approval.
It can learn from conversation history and preferences, and you can show it a workflow, which it saves as repeatable steps. xAI says it has been tested internally on sales tasks, employee onboarding and engineering tasks. These are the maker's own tests. Companies can join a waitlist.
According to Blotato, Grok Bot is also included in paid Cursor subscriptions, where Pro costs $20 a month. That may reflect a later expansion. Grok Bot's X connector cannot post.
OpenAI Dots: Expensive and not available everywhere
OpenAI launched Dots on September 29, 2026. According to Blotato, the first dot comes with Pro ($100-$500 a month) or Business Premium ($125 per user per month, $100 with annual billing). The approval levels range from acting without asking to handing the task back to the user.
With Pro, Dots has read and retrieval access only. Write access to custom plugins requires the Business, Enterprise or Edu tier. According to AI Agent Store, Dot is being rolled out gradually, and Pro is not available in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. That is relevant for Danish users, since Denmark is part of the EEA.
Meta Muse: Free version, but limited
Meta launched Muse on September 8, 2026 in the US, and Canada was added later. According to AI Agent Store, it is for adults aged 18 and older. It has connectors for Facebook, Instagram and Threads, among others, access via WhatsApp, scheduled background work and an activity log.
Muse has a free version with usage limits. According to Blotato, Power costs $20 a month and Maximum $100, but the subscriptions are in limited testing. Muse does not support custom connectors, and LinkedIn and TikTok require external publishing tools.
A fourth option: Hosting your own agents
AI Agent Store sells a service called AI Agent Teams, which hosts several agents at once. Prices start at $199 a month for one agent and go up to $1,299 for eight, and model costs are added on top. The comparison was written by a party that sells the service itself.
There are no independent tests of how autonomously the agents actually work. Prices and availability vary between sources and may change.
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