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Weekly · November 3, 2026

What rose in AI tools this week

The week's top 10 items from the daily briefs of October 27, 2026 to November 2, 2026: the fastest climbers first (compared with the typical rising item SteadyVane tracks on the same source), then the rest by how far they climbed. Each item's climb was measured by SteadyVane.

SteadyVane weekly: The week's top 10 in AI tools, Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2026. 1. Mika is an open-source Android agent that operates your apps and the web from a one-sentence request - 229 to 2,079 stars (saves) on GitHub in 28 h, about 67 times the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos. 2. A free VS Code extension lets GitHub Copilot Chat use OpenAI, Ollama, Anthropic and Gemini providers - 112,527 to 121,789 installs in 35.8 days, about 53 times the typical pace of other tracked VS Code extensions. 3. Mistral opened the weights of Mistral Large 4, a roughly 1-trillion-parameter multimodal model - 58 to 1,490 upvotes on Hacker News in 20 h, about 42 times the typical pace of other tracked Hacker News stories. 4. AnyModelBot is an open-source, local-first personal AI assistant app - 413 to 1,130 stars (saves) on GitHub in 12 h, about 41 times the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos. 5. OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster, cheaper model for computer use, visual reasoning and…
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Mika is an open-source Android agent that operates your apps and the web from a one-sentence request

GitHub · Tool · in the brief of October 31, 2026 · wangzan101/Mika: stars (saves) history · source
The repo went from 229 to 2,079 stars (saves) on GitHub in 28 hours - about 67 times the typical pace of other repos SteadyVane tracks on GitHub. It has 333 forks and was created about 46 hours before this brief was written.
229 → 2,079 stars (saves) on GitHub · over 28 h · about 67× the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos
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A free VS Code extension lets GitHub Copilot Chat use OpenAI, Ollama, Anthropic and Gemini providers

VS Code Marketplace · Tool · in the brief of October 27, 2026 · OAI Compatible Provider for Copilot: installs history · source
The extension gained 9,262 installs in 858 hours - about 53 times the typical pace of other extensions SteadyVane tracks on the VS Code Marketplace. It stands at 121,789 installs with a 5.0 rating from 39 reviews.
112,527 → 121,789 installs · over 35.8 days · 39 comments · about 53× the typical pace of other tracked VS Code extensions
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Mistral opened the weights of Mistral Large 4, a roughly 1-trillion-parameter multimodal model

Hacker News · News · in the brief of October 30, 2026 · Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open Weight: upvotes history · source
The Hacker News post about it went from 58 to 1,490 upvotes in 20 hours - about 42 times the typical pace of other stories SteadyVane tracks on Hacker News. It has 398 comments.
58 → 1,490 upvotes on Hacker News · over 20 h · 398 comments · about 42× the typical pace of other tracked Hacker News stories
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AnyModelBot is an open-source, local-first personal AI assistant app

GitHub · Tool · in the brief of November 2, 2026 · modelflare-ai/AnyModelBot: stars (saves) history · source
The repo went from 413 to 1,130 stars (saves) on GitHub in 12 hours - about 41 times the typical pace of other repos SteadyVane tracks on GitHub. It was published about six days ago and has 13 forks.
413 → 1,130 stars (saves) on GitHub · over 12 h · about 41× the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos
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OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster, cheaper model for computer use, visual reasoning and writing

Hacker News · News · in the brief of October 27, 2026 · GPT-6.1 Terra: upvotes history · source
The announcement went from 77 to 594 upvotes on Hacker News in 16 hours - about 18 times the typical pace of other stories SteadyVane tracks on Hacker News. It has 377 comments.
77 → 594 upvotes on Hacker News · over 16 h · 377 comments · about 18× the typical pace of other tracked Hacker News stories
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Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, its new frontier model, with access limited to cyber defenders at first

Hacker News · News · in the brief of October 29, 2026 · Gemini 4 Carbon: upvotes history · source
The announcement went from 363 to 938 upvotes on Hacker News in 16 hours - about 17 times the typical pace of other stories SteadyVane tracks on Hacker News. It has 758 comments and was submitted about 20 hours ago.
363 → 938 upvotes on Hacker News · over 16 h · 758 comments · about 17× the typical pace of other tracked Hacker News stories
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Google DeepMind announced Genie 4, a real-time interactive world model with native audio

Hacker News · News · in the brief of October 28, 2026 · Genie 4: upvotes history · source
The announcement went from 331 to 905 upvotes on Hacker News in 16 hours - about 16 times the typical pace of other stories SteadyVane tracks on Hacker News. It has 519 comments.
331 → 905 upvotes on Hacker News · over 16 h · 519 comments · about 16× the typical pace of other tracked Hacker News stories
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Survival LLM is a free offline AI assistant with an emergency library that runs on your own computer

Hacker News · Tool · in the brief of October 28, 2026 · Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency…: upvotes history · source
Its Hacker News post went from 106 to 362 upvotes in 12.2 hours - about 12 times the typical pace of other stories SteadyVane tracks on Hacker News. It has 143 comments, and its GitHub repo has 238 stars (saves).
106 → 362 upvotes on Hacker News · over 12 h · 143 comments · about 12× the typical pace of other tracked Hacker News stories
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ChatGPT Dot can now be texted over iMessage, and OpenAI doubled Pro plan usage limits

YouTube · News · in the brief of November 1, 2026 · ChatGPT Just Changed A LOT AGAIN (Here’s What’s…: views history · source
A video about the changes went from 45,197 to 63,569 views in 9 hours - about 11 times the typical pace of other AI-tool videos SteadyVane tracks on YouTube. It has 680 likes and 85 comments, and was published about 24 hours ago.
45,197 → 63,569 views of a video about it · over 9 h · 85 comments · about 11× the typical pace of other tracked AI-tool videos
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How to find the free tools behind the plus button in the Gemini app

YouTube · How-to · in the brief of October 29, 2026 · My Favorite Free AI Tools (All Inside One Free…: views history · source
A video about it went from 27,123 to 41,429 views in 12 hours - about 7.7 times the typical pace of other AI-tool videos SteadyVane tracks on YouTube. It has 2 comments and was published about 43 hours ago.
27,123 → 41,429 views of the video · over 12 h · 2 comments · about 7.7× the typical pace of other tracked AI-tool videos

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