… Gemini Spark isn’t available yet, but if it works the way Google says it does, it could be a big step forward for traditional tech companies’ AI agents. Google’s earliest agentic experiments completed tasks at a snail’s pace while hijacking your browser. …
… The AI agent will connect to Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides, but Google is expanding integrations to third-party apps using the Model Context Protocol MCP , an open standard that allows AI models to plug into external systems or data. …
… Asking follow-up questions in an AI Overview will redirect you to AI Mode, but you can just jump straight into AI Mode by attaching documents, photos, videos, and Chrome tabs to the search box and entering a question. …
… You’ll be able to watch the Copilot AI agent work in real time, thanks to a sidebar that shows every step Copilot is taking on a document. …
Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. The AI-generated content draws from your Spotify listening history, as well as info from apps you connect to it, like your email inbox, calendar, and notes. …
… Suleyman made sure to emphasize, again and again, Microsoft’s “humanist superintelligence” as an “AI that prioritizes humanity first” — part of AI companies’ recent rebrand of AGI to make it sound less frightening in an era when people are pushing back against AI more than ever before. …
OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, sent a four-page memo to employees on Sunday about the company’s strategic direction, emphasizing the need to lock in users and grow its enterprise business. …
… Agentic shopping is only possible — and helpful — with the buy-in from a variety of actors: search engines, retailers, payment processors, and so on. …
… It also advertises at the very top of the Spark website that it’s “always under your direction,” that “you choose to turn it on,” and that “it’s designed to check with you before taking major actions.” Given the mounting skepticism toward AI, it’s very much “my ‘not involved in rogue AI’ T-shirt ha… …
… Just one day before the launch of EmDash, Automattic’s Matias Ventura announced that the project is pushing back the launch of WordPress 7.0 for a “few weeks to finalize key architectural details.” Along with support for real-time collaborative editing, this update will include an AI client and an … …