Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally
For years, WhatsApp has been a communication layer for businesses of all sizes around the world. Meta is now infusing AI into that layer in a bid to turn WhatsApp…
An AI agent in a security badge? That’s Microsoft’s Project Solara pitch
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports on Microsoft’s Project Solara, an “OS for AI agents” designed to integrate artificial intelligence into workplace devices like smart badges…
Microsoft’s Scout AI agent is aimed directly at your workplace
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports on Microsoft’s new AI agent Scout, designed specifically for workplace productivity and initially available to enterprise Frontier users. Scout integrates…
Tencent, which has fallen behind domestic rivals in AI models, plans to test an AI agent for WeChat with a small group of users before a phased rollout (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
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Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP
Nvidia opened Taipei’s enormous Computex trade show on Sunday with a spark, literally. The chipmaker unveiled a new PC CPU called the RTX Spark, which it dubbed a “superchip,” and…
Google is pitching an AI agent ecosystem to consumers who may not buy it
One of the most promising introductions at Google’s I/O developer conference on Tuesday was a new way for consumers to use the web: AI agents. Unfortunately, it was also the…
Google’s new Spark AI agent will run your digital life for $100/month
As predicted, Google has unveiled a Gemini-powered personal AI assistant that will work tirelessly in the cloud, and now we have a name for it—and no, it won’t come cheap.…
Viktor, which is developing an AI agent that operates like a virtual coworker embedded inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raised a $75M Series A led by Accel (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
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Gemini’s Spark agent has leaked, and it looks like it’s gunning for Claude Cowork’s throne
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is reportedly working on Spark, an AI agent that could live inside Gemini. Spark is expected to interact with other apps to execute…
Q&A with Scott Wu, CEO of Cognition, which hit a $445M revenue run rate in its first 18 months, on his math competition roots, the Devin AI coding agent, more (Jeremy Stern/Colossus)
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