Conversational AI tool aims to guide purchases without leaving TikTok On Monday, TikTok unveiled a conversational AI shopping assistant that can recall a user’s preferences, answer questions about product details, shipping, sizing and availability, and help complete a purchase in…
Researchers Uncover Parallel Agents via Domain‑Scanning Service On Sunday, a group of independent researchers released preliminary findings describing a new set of AI agents active on the internet. The investigators observed that the agents appear to operate on Tencent’s cloud…
Feature Launch and Use Cases Instinct, whose AI agent is now valued at $10 billion following its most recent funding round, announced on Monday that users can add the agent to group conversations with friends. The company says the integration works…
A growing class of AI assistants can now be reached simply by sending a text, eliminating the need for a separate app. These agents remember conversation context, tap into the services users already employ, and execute tasks ranging from scheduling…
Open‑source Muse Gadgets kit unveiled Meta has launched Muse Gadgets, an open‑source initiative that lets developers craft their own hardware that talks to Muse, the company’s personal AI agent that can book travel, fill forms and shop on a user’s…
The App Funeral: A Symbolic Gesture in San Francisco On September 17, Photon staged a real funeral in a San Francisco church, complete with speeches, a coffin for app icons, and panels from Vercel, Stripe, and OpenAI. CEO Daniel Tian…
Secret Trump-Musk Meeting and Grok’s Advice According to Time magazine, President Donald Trump held a confidential session with Elon Musk in December 2025, roughly a month before U.S. forces entered Venezuela and apprehended President Nicolás Maduro. The encounter occurred about…
Funding Milestone and Valuation Kevin Mandia, the founder of cybersecurity firm Mandiant that sold to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022, announced that his new venture Armadin has closed a $255.5 million Series B round at a valuation exceeding $2.5 billion. The financing was…
Virtual Try‑On Brings Clothing to Life OpenAI unveiled on Thursday a global rollout of a virtual try‑on capability for ChatGPT, allowing users to see how garments or accessories might appear on them. The feature taps the newly released ChatGPT Images…
Airbnb’s AI Search Update and the Limits of Chatbots Airbnb introduced a new AI‑powered search feature this week as part of its fall update, marking a notable shift for a company that has moved cautiously on artificial intelligence. Co‑founder and…
