… But while Spark is capable of impressive agentic feats, some early users are finding the agent is hit-or-miss with home-oriented duties like planning summer activities or searching for online coupons. I’m still waiting my turn to give Spark a try. …
Crafting programs and apps with the help of AI agents has become quite the thing over the past few months, and Windows users just got a new “agentic” AI coding tool to play with. …
… OpenAI, meanwhile, is reportedly cranking out a desktop “superapp” that integrates ChatGPT with Codex, OpenAI’s agentic coding app, and the Atlas AI browser, with the new app capable of unleashing AI agents that “work autonomously on a user’s computer to carry out a variety of tasks,” such as “writ… …
… As with other personal AI agents we've seen, you'll be able to communicate with Spark via text and email, meaning you won't need to fire up an app to check in with the assistant. You could also include Spark in text chains or CC it on email threads. …
… Still, the "do, don't just tell" capabilities of GPT-5.4 serve as a perfect example of where we're headed: AI agent-controlled PCs that are doing things on their own, with high-level direction from us. That said, getting our AI agents to follow our directions correctly will be the real trick.
… With a custom mobile processor optimized for local AI, on-device agents could handle more mundane duties like triaging your email or suggesting the best nearby lunch spots, perfect for keeping agentic costs down while ideally maintaining your privacy. …
… Unveiled on Wednesday, Computer is being billed as a “general-purpose digital worker that operates the same interfaces you do”--or, as chief Perplexity business officer Dmitry Shevelenko calls it, a “massively multi-model orchestration system.” Sounds like a lot of buzz words, but the bottom line i… …
… For everyday AI users like me and probably you—people who need that money for groceries, electricity, gas, and Netflix—agentic AI tools like Perplexity's Personal Computer remain frustratingly out of reach. …
… AI slop is a real thing, and being associated it can kill anyone's reputation. "At its best, agentic technology expands creativity," Wadwhani wrote. "It lets people bring their vision to life simply by explaining it. …
… Likewise, the AI pendulum is beginning to swing back, away from GPUs and back to CPUs, as control of agentic AI becomes important. "One statistic we look at is the ratio of CPUs to GPUs," Zinsner said. "If you look at training solutions, they are generally running seven to eight GPUs to one CPU. …