AI Assistants

Anthropic’s New AI Agent Purchases Business Supplies

Anthropic’s New AI Agent Purchases Business Supplies
Anthropic’s New AI Agent Purchases Business Supplies
October 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has unveiled an app in which Claude works as a “proactive agent” on behalf of professionals and small business owners, including purchasing business supplies,...

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Pinterest AI Tells Users What to Ask Their Stylist
Pinterest AI Tells Users What to Ask Their Stylist
October 07, 2026  |  Social Commerce

A saved haircut on Pinterest now comes with a script for the stylist. Pinterest launched Beauty Guides on Tuesday (Oct. 6), PYMNTS reported. The artificial...

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Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses
Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

An open standard that defines how personal agents interact with businesses is being developed by Sierra, Meta, Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart, Sierra...

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Consumers Tap Reserves and Charity to Manage Inflation
Consumers Tap Reserves and Charity to Manage Inflation
October 04, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

American consumer spending remains undaunted by inflation, though it is requiring people to grow more resourceful. That’s according to a report Saturday (Oct. 3) by...

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OpenAI’s Muse Rival Arrives Half-Baked
OpenAI’s Muse Rival Arrives Half-Baked
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence agents are showing up everywhere. Meta released its Muse personal AI agent on Sept. 8, and it reached the top of Apple’s free...

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Best Buy Uses AI to Stop Passing Customers Around
Best Buy Uses AI to Stop Passing Customers Around
September 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A customer seeking help with a malfunctioning laptop might call Best Buy, explain the problem, get sent to a second department and explain it again....

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Is Muse Really the Answer to Meta’s AI Woes?
Is Muse Really the Answer to Meta’s AI Woes?
September 23, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Muse, the personal artificial intelligence agent the company launched Sept. 8, has taken Silicon Valley and Wall Street by surprise. Within days of launch...

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Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on AI
Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on AI
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta tested having human contractors handle some calls for the phone-calling feature of its personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 22), citing...

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