X just merged Grok and Cursor into one plan - but there's a catch | LAB 0020

X just merged Grok, Cursor and X Premium into one plan. i switched, and my plan check says it saves about A$74.60 a month. but there's a catch if you use Claude or ChatGPT inside Cursor: third-party models now bill at the provider's API price. plus Meta's Muse Wonder Full lands tied 2nd on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Hermes and OpenClaw are back on Claude Max plans, OpenAI's day 7 lifts Sol's default context from 272k to 500k, Google's AI Edge Foresight keeps your voice notes on your Mac, and Satya Nadella says to treat models as insider risks. the thesis: this week the walls came down. the practical: your Max plan runs Hermes. my Slack bot Fwed runs Opus 5.5 on the Claude plan i already pay for, through Nous's official Claude subscription plugin (the real Claude app, no API key). set up 7 Oct, checked 13 Oct. Anthropic's help page says the Agent SDK can run on your plan limits, and also says an account is for one person. chapters 0:00 X just merged Grok and Cursor into one plan 0:13 the X Subscription: tiers, the catch, my bill 2:46 this is the LAB 2:57 the walls came down 3:08 Meta's Muse Wonder: tied 2nd 4:47 Hermes and OpenClaw are back on Claude 5:52 sponsor: Threadify 6:23 OpenAI day 7: 500k context 7:14 Google's notetaker never leaves your Mac 8:07 Nadella: models as insider risks 10:18 your Max plan runs Hermes 12:10 outro thanks to today's sponsor, my software Threadify - your lead generation agent: https://www.threadify.app/home?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=lab-0020&utm_content=sponsor links X: the X Subscription: https://x.com/SpaceXSI/status/2109783335296008414 Mark Zuckerberg: Muse Wonder: https://x.com/finkd/status/2109689305073614918 Claude Devs: https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2108228391404966005 Tibo: OpenAI day 7: https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2109430343346581527 TestingCatalog: Google AI Edge Foresight: https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2107853628656496657 Satya Nadella: models as insider risks: https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2108931348857827686 want to sponsor a future episode? [e-mail] Lenny's AI Builders - the LAB. all the AI news you need, plus something you can actually use, in under 15 minutes. less scrolling. more "oh shit, i could do that". watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYMQ4NIgKQ

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