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Why Smart TV Owners Are Frustrated For some smart TV owners, the promise of a convenient viewing experience is being overshadowed by ads, tracking and sluggish interfaces. These features can make a television feel less like a straightforward way to watch and more like a device weighed down by unwant...
Microsoft’s warning to enterprises Microsoft is urging companies to pay close attention to the AI agents their employees use, rather than treating them as ordinary chatbots. The company’s warning reflects a change in how these tools can operate: agents may be able to take actions, connect to workpla...
AI Companies Want Agents to Handle Tasks OpenAI, Meta, and Google are among the companies pushing toward a future in which AI agents do more than answer questions. They want these systems to carry out tasks for users, taking steps on their behalf rather than simply offering advice or information. Th...
OpenAI’s Dots makes a privacy promise At this year’s OpenAI DevDay, CEO Sam Altman unveiled Dots, the company’s new AI agent, and said OpenAI wants to “set a new standard for privacy in frontier AI.” The announcement put privacy at the center of the product’s pitch, as competition among AI agents in...
Microsoft’s vision for Windows 11 When Microsoft released Windows 11 five years ago, it felt like an operating system still being renovated—a work in progress. By now, those renovations might seem due to be complete, with Microsoft turning its attention to Windows 12. Instead, Windows 11 remains in ...
Instinct AI, an assistant built around an AI agent, drew attention after its startup launched the product in August using an unusual approach: access was invite-only, the company did no marketing, and it had barely a website. Now, competition from OpenAI and Meta is putting pressure on Instinct’s ea...
The Rise of Personal AI Agents and the Blocking Problem Personal AI agents, like Meta’s Muse, Instinct, ChatGPT’s Dots, and others, are kicking off a new wave of consumer AI that involves more than just responding to queries. These AI agents can actually get things done on users’ behalf, like bookin...
AI agents that live in your text messages are becoming a practical alternative to downloading yet another app. Instead of opening a dedicated interface, you text the agent as you would a person. It remembers context, connects to services you already use, and completes tasks like scheduling appointme...
What Is OpenAI's Dot Agent? Dot is OpenAI's new agent, and it arrives with a split personality that is entirely deliberate. On one hand, it is positioned as serious enterprise software built for organisations that need dependable automation. On the other, it is the kind of tool that can also order y...
Meta Expands Muse to Small Businesses Meta has announced that it is expanding its AI agent, Muse, to small businesses. The move extends the reach of the company's AI agent beyond its earlier availability, opening it up to smaller companies that may not have the resources to build or deploy AI agents...
Shopify's Move to Allow AI Agents While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas, apparently!), are blocking AI agents from making purchases on users’ behalf on their respective platforms, e-commerce platform Shopify has moved in the other direction. The company has opened its checkout to browser-bas...
Nvidia's New Platform for Rogue AI Agents Nvidia has launched a new platform aimed at reining in rogue AI agents, according to reporting by Kirsten Korosec published on September 28, 2026. The announcement arrives amid a broader industry debate over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents repres...
