… Of course, the claws on those assistants are pretty dang sharp, and this week, Microsoft and Nvidia were showing off their enterprise-grade mittens, all in the hopes of convincing you, me, and everyone else to buy laptops and desktops running on AI agents. …
… As announced at I/O, Google Search tool is soaking up even more of Google's AI capabilities, with an expanded search box plus personal agents, while Gemini itself is taking on more of the tasks, such as delivering a daily brief, that I would normally associate with a personal aide or attaché. …
… I’m still waiting my turn to give Spark a try. Always-on personal AI agents do their best work in an office setting, where they can work across dozens of projects, organize large meetings, divvy up tasks, and churn out daily status reports. …
… There’s proof of this in the wild—we’ve already seen repeat stories of AI agents deleting files they were not asked to, with a prominent recent example being a Meta exec losing 200 emails to OpenClaw. Of course, you can approach agentic AI use more carefully, as my colleague Ben Patterson explains. …
… News Analysis Adobe and Canva want their AI agents to replace your creative workflow Adobe Firefly AI Assistant and Canva AI 2.0 use conversational agents to automate creative workflows across all of their respective applications.
… Not only does it feel like "AI" is being shoved down our throats at every corner, the "AI" itself is problematic. For example, just last month, a Copilot bug allowed the "AI" assistant to bypass privacy blocks and read confidential Outlook emails. …
… "Some appear to be racing forward, seemingly pursuing AI for the sake of AI, without clear regard for the people, all of us, that it's ultimately meant to serve," Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, rather sanctimoniously told the camera in Apple's pre-recorded v… …
Although Microsoft's Copilot reportedly remains far behind competing AI Large Language Models LLMs in terms of usage, the Copilot built into its Microsoft 365 applications remains a potent assistant. …
… Again, the family plan offers this coverage to each adult account, for a total of $4 million identity theft coverage and $50,000 ransomware coverage. Identity theft assistance includes access to “identity restoration experts,” or agents who help clean up the aftermath of identity theft. …