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technology20 days ago•3 min saved

Personal AI agents go mainstream as OpenAI, Meta, and Apple race to own your day

A wave of consumer AI personal agents is arriving, with OpenAI, Meta, and Apple rolling out more capable assistants that can act on your behalf across messages, calls, calendars, shopping, and more. The field includes Grok Bot from SpaceXAI and will.i.am’s FYI.AI, aiming to become persistent digital proxies trained to know your life. The race centers on usefulness and the ability to protect or monetize personal data, with Apple and Meta offering tiered access and privacy-focused positioning, while pricing and data ownership remain unsettled.

via Axios|

#ai-agents #apple #meta

technology20 days ago•4 min saved

Muse Tops US App Store Free Apps, Marking Meta's Push into Personal AI

Meta's Muse, its new personal AI assistant, vaulted to No.1 among free US iPhone apps a week after launch, signaling consumer enthusiasm for AI agents that act on your behalf rather than just chat. Muse can research, fill forms, buy items, book services, remember preferences, and coordinate tasks across apps like email, calendars, Spotify, Instagram, and OpenTable, while asking for approval before sensitive actions. Early users report real-world wins—such as finding cheaper auto-insurance, applying live discounts, and streamlining purchases—though some experiences falter (e.g., summarizing a saved Instagram video), and questions remain about privacy and reliability amid competing agents like Instinct.

via businessinsider.com|

#app-store #artificial-intelligence #meta

technology2 months ago•118 min saved

Train Your AI, Not Your Attic: Five Memory Tweaks to Make ChatGPT a Real Assistant

In a Tom’s Guide feature, Amanda Caswell explains that ChatGPT’s memory is about persistent context, not a random dump of facts, and shares five practical tweaks to make memory truly useful: prune outdated memories to eliminate conflicts, save enduring preferences and long-running projects rather than static facts, rely on memory to anchor ongoing tasks so conversations stay cohesive, use temporary chats to start fresh when exploring new topics, and continuously train the model by giving precise feedback and concrete memory prompts (for example, “remember that I prefer concise answers”). These steps can boost efficiency and make ChatGPT act more like a proactive assistant.

via Tom's Guide|

#ai-memory #chatgpt-memory #memory-audit

technology5 months ago•3 min saved

Remy: Google's 24/7 AI Agent That Can Act for You, Purchases Included

Google is testing Remy, a Gemini-powered 24/7 AI agent that can learn your preferences, act across apps, share documents, and even make purchases on your behalf, signaling a push toward proactive, oversight-enabled AI.

via Droid Life|

#ai-agent #gemini #google

technology8 months ago•14 min saved

Gmail as an AI Assistant: Google's plan to make your inbox a relationship-aware hub

Google is reimagining Gmail as a proactive, relationship-aware AI assistant that can triage and surface what’s important, draft replies, and act on your behalf while you work. It’s exploring an AI Inbox in a separate tab to protect current workflows, but the plan is early, not promised, and centers on trust and privacy as it scales to billions of users.

via ZDNET|

#ai #gmail #google

technology9 months ago•6 min saved

Lenovo and Motorola Unveil Next-Gen AI and Wearable Tech at CES 2026

Lenovo and Motorola announced Qira, a seamless, system-level ambient intelligence that works across devices to enhance user interaction through proactive suggestions, actions, and perception, prioritizing privacy and integrating with a growing ecosystem of partners, launching in early 2026.

via Lenovo StoryHub|

#ai #cross-device #lenovo-qira

technology1 year ago•0 min saved

ChatGPT's New Feature: Automating Your Breaks and Quits

The article highlights a new AI feature in ChatGPT that can automatically cancel online subscriptions, showcasing the potential of AI agents in managing personal tasks, though it also discusses its limitations.

via The Washington Post|

#agents #ai #chatgpt

technology1 year ago•6 min saved

Top ChatGPT Tips and Cautions for Personal Use

The article outlines seven strategies to optimize ChatGPT as a personal productivity tool, including creating master prompts, customizing system prompts, organizing project folders, using canvases for editing, setting custom instructions, building specialized GPTs, and integrating ChatGPT into daily routines to automate tasks, improve content quality, and enhance workflow efficiency.

via Geeky Gadgets|

#ai-customization #chatgpt #personal-assistant

technology1 year ago•4 min saved

Living with AI: A Week of Letting ChatGPT Manage My Social Life

The author experimented with using ChatGPT to manage his social life for a week, including planning outings, responding to messages, and choosing outfits. While initially strange, the AI helped reduce stress and increased his awareness of his habits, ultimately highlighting the human aspects of social interactions. The experience was both useful and revealing, though not without some humorous missteps.

via Business Insider|

#ai #automation #chatgpt

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

"AI-Powered Wearable Pendant: Your Personal Memory Assistant"

The new AI-powered Limitless pendant, available for pre-order at $99, clips onto clothing and records conversations throughout the day, serving as a memory aid and personal assistant. It features a "Consent Mode" to only capture the voices of those who have given consent, but questions remain about how it handles multiple voices and the legality of recording in different states. The pendant offers unlimited audio storage and AI functionality for $20 a month, with the first units expected to ship in August.

via Business Insider|

#ai-wearables #limitless-pendant #personal-assistant

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

"Limitless: AI Pendants for Enhanced Safety and Memory Assistance"

Limitless, an AI-powered Mac app, aims to be a personal assistant by listening in on meetings, making notes, and allowing users to ask questions about previous meetings. It securely saves information to the cloud and offers a free plan with limited AI interactions or a $20/month subscription for more. The app plans to integrate with notes apps and introduce a wearable pendant device to record and eventually listen to conversations. This comes ahead of Apple's expected AI upgrades at WWDC 2024.

via iMore|

#ai #limitless #mac-app

technology2 years ago•6 min saved

"Unveiling the Truth About the Humane AI Pin: A Comprehensive Review"

The Humane AI Pin, a divisive new wearable device, has received lukewarm reviews due to its buggy performance, slow speed, and lack of expected features. Priced at $699 for the base model, plus additional costs for data and music services, the device offers touch, voice, and projection interfaces for control, but struggles with battery life and outdoor visibility. While it can handle texts, calls, notes, and media capture, it lacks features like reminders, calendar events, and accurate visual recognition. Despite ongoing development, the device's speed and accuracy remain concerns for potential buyers.

via Gizmodo|

#ai-technology #humane-ai-pin #personal-assistant

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

"Google Maps Unleashes Cutting-Edge Generative AI Upgrade for Enhanced Navigation"

Google Maps is integrating generative AI and large language models to provide personalized recommendations for places to visit and activities to do based on user input. The AI will leverage data from millions of places and user contributors, allowing users to ask follow-up questions and receive tailored suggestions. This update aims to simplify decision-making and improve user experience, with a trial set to begin with "Local Guides" in the U.S. before a wider rollout.

via Inverse|

#generative-ai #google-maps #personal-assistant

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

"Google's Latest AI-Powered Assistant Leaks: What You Need to Know"

A leaked demo of "Google Assistant with Bard" reveals its integration with Google's AI-powered chatbot, offering a proactive and contextual understanding of user needs. The demo showcases how the assistant can provide tips and videos based on uploaded photos, such as offering plant care advice. Rumors suggest a potential release date in March 2024, coinciding with a planned Pixel feature drop, and the integration may be exclusive to devices powered by Google's Tensor chip.

via Mashable|

#ai #bard #google

technology2 years ago•5 min saved

"Unveiling Rabbit R1: The Revolutionary AI-Powered Orange Box"

The Rabbit R1 is a small orange box designed to simplify app usage with AI assistance, allowing users to perform tasks like ordering takeout or requesting an Uber by pressing a button and speaking a command. Despite similarities to existing virtual assistants, the R1 aims to provide a less distracting and more focused experience separate from smartphones. With a retro look and compact size, the device uses AI models to learn and automate app functions, although it requires manual linking of services. While the R1 has garnered initial interest with 10,000 units sold on its first day of preorders, its success will depend on delivering a compelling software experience in a market already saturated with AI-powered devices.

via CNET|

#ai #ces-2024 #mobile-devices