All articles tagged with #ai assistant
Meta’s Summer Sale discounts Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses Gen 1 and Gen 2. Gen 1 starts at $224.25 ($74 off) and Gen 2 at $322.25 ($57 off); both offer hands-free 1080p photo/video capture, livestreaming to Instagram/Facebook, open-ear audio, and a five-mic system for calls, plus AI features. Gen 2 adds sharper 3K video at 30fps and up to eight hours of battery life.
Microsoft is retiring Copilot Mode in Edge because most Copilot features are now built directly into the browser across desktop and mobile. New capabilities include Journeys for saving and revisiting projects, Vision and Voice for hands‑free browsing, long‑term memory to recall previous chats, Study and Learn mode with guided quizzes, a Writing Assistant for drafts and tone adjustments, and a tab‑to‑podcast feature (English markets only); users can customize which features are enabled in Edge settings.
Google reportedly is testing Remy, a Gemini-powered AI assistant designed to act as a proactive digital operator inside the Gemini app, capable of managing work, school and personal tasks, learning user habits, and planning actions beyond simple questions. The move signals a shift toward agentic AI—integrating planning and task execution across Google services like Workspace, Android and Search—though no launch date is set and privacy concerns persist.
Bluekit introduces an all-in-one phishing toolkit offering 40 templates for major services (Gmail, iCloud, GitHub, Ledger, etc.) and an AI Assistant that uses multiple models to draft campaigns. The platform supports domain purchase, phishing page setup, campaign management, real-time session monitoring, and Telegram-based data exfiltration, but analysts say the AI outputs are still early drafts as the tool evolves.
Amazon unveils Quick, a desktop AI assistant that runs locally on your laptop, stays connected to your files, calendar, emails, and apps (like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack/Teams, Salesforce), and learns from every session to provide proactive, context-aware help. It can generate dashboards, documents, and images, build intelligent apps from natural language, and index your organization’s data into a personal knowledge graph. New connectors and content-creation features ship today, with Microsoft 365 extensions in preview and expanded OpenAI/Bedrock integration, all while prioritizing privacy and security. Quick aims to unify your tools and surface relevant context to reduce time spent hunting for information.
Adobe introduced Firefly AI Assistant, a chat-based interface that can orchestrate workflows across multiple Creative Cloud apps (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere). It surfaces context-relevant controls, learns user preferences, and uses 'skills' to package common tasks. The goal is to reduce entry barriers while letting pros offload mundane work; public beta starts in a few weeks, with pricing and availability details to come.
Anthropic's Claude is now available as a beta add-in in Microsoft Word for Team and Enterprise customers, offering document creation, editing, tone adjustments, comment analysis, and cross-reference checks as an alternative to Copilot; a broader rollout has not been announced.
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro is on a limited-time sale for $12.97 (regularly $199), adding AI Copilot, improved multitasking with Snap Layouts, and security features like BitLocker and TPM 2.0 for eligible PCs; an extra 15% off is available with code MARCH15 through March 29.
Google announced a sweeping Maps update featuring Immersive Navigation, a new 3D driving view that renders buildings, streets, and terrain with smart zooms and lane guidance to reduce guesswork; Gemini handles the spatial understanding behind the feature, while 'Ask Maps' adds an on-map AI assistant for finding places. The update also highlights entrances and nearby parking, supports hands-free navigation, and is rolling out today to eligible Android and iOS devices in the US with CarPlay/Android Auto expansion coming later, marking Google Maps' biggest navigation upgrade in a decade.
Lenovo unveiled an attachable AI agent called Companion that mounts to a laptop display via a magnetic Magic Bay. The circular module houses an animated avatar named Tiko that can manage music, open web pages, answer questions, and even respond to emoji commands, plus it includes a Pomodoro-style timer. Lenovo plans to sell the Magic Bay later this year and also teased other concept devices, including the AI Workmate tabletop robot and the ThinkBook Modular AI PC, aimed at transforming how users interact with their workspace.
Meta Platforms is reviving its shelved smartwatch project, code-named Malibu 2, with plans for a 2026 launch that includes health-tracking features and a built-in Meta AI assistant, positioning it to compete with Apple and Google’s wearables.
An open-source AI assistant that started as Clawdbot exploded online, went through a rapid rebrand to Moltbot after trademark pressure from Anthropic, and faced crypto-scam hijacks and handle squatting during the chaos. Moltbot aims to live inside messaging apps, remembers conversations across weeks, offers proactive notifications, and can automate tasks by routing work to AI backends (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) while leveraging local hardware. It surged to tens of thousands of GitHub stars in days but isn’t a polished enterprise product and requires careful cybersecurity. The project continues with documentation and safeguards as the community builds around a now-iconic lobster mascot.
Clawdbot is an open-source AI personal assistant that runs locally on your device (often a Mac mini), can read/write files, access your email/calendar/docs, and act autonomously on your behalf; it has sparked Silicon Valley buzz but requires technical setup and carries notable security and privacy risks, with installation and security tools available on GitHub for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Lenovo announced Qira, a cross-device AI assistant designed to operate across Lenovo laptops and Motorola phones, marking its most ambitious AI project to date and reflecting a strategic shift towards integrating AI more deeply into its hardware ecosystem.
TP-Link is launching Aireal, an AI assistant integrated into its Tapo and Deco apps, to enhance smart home control, troubleshooting, and security camera features, including facial recognition and AI-generated descriptions, with a wider rollout planned later this year.