AI Assistants

AI Agent Emily Books, Bills and Refills for MUSC Health
AI Agent Emily Books, Bills and Refills for MUSC Health
November 12, 2026  |  Healthcare

Patients call a hospital to move an appointment, refill a prescription or ask about a bill. At MUSC Health, those calls frustrated patients and strained...

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Google Brings Gemini Live to Apple CarPlay
Google Brings Gemini Live to Apple CarPlay
November 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google is bringing its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to Apple CarPlay, extending the company’s conversational AI experience to Apple’s in-car platform and giving iPhone...

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Amazon Lets Users Text Alexa to Get Shopping Help
Amazon Lets Users Text Alexa to Get Shopping Help
November 06, 2026  |  eCommerce

Amazon will begin giving customers the option to text its Alexa for Shopping tool for assistance in their product searches. “Select customers can now text...

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Walmart’s Updated AI Agent Turns Pictures Into Shopping Lists
Walmart’s Updated AI Agent Turns Pictures Into Shopping Lists
November 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Walmart’s artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agent, Sparky, can now use images uploaded by the user to answer questions or create shopping lists, Walmart said in a Friday (Oct....

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Amazon Positions Alexa for Shopping to Counter Third-Party Agents
Amazon Positions Alexa for Shopping to Counter Third-Party Agents
November 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The rise of artificial intelligence agents that shop for their users could present a challenge to Amazon’s status as a first stop for shopping and...

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Wabi Raises $55 Million for AI Assistant to Coordinate Groups
Wabi Raises $55 Million for AI Assistant to Coordinate Groups
October 29, 2026  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI) assistant startup Wabi has reportedly raised $55 million in new funding. The new financing values the company at $1.25 billion and will...

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Microsoft Sees Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerate as Copilot Usage Grows
Microsoft Sees Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerate as Copilot Usage Grows
October 28, 2026  |  Earnings

Microsoft is seeing enterprises move beyond artificial intelligence experiments toward systems that handle business processes. The company is also expanding how it charges for AI...

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Google Pushes AI Agents Into Commerce as Spending Pressures Cash Flow
Google Pushes AI Agents Into Commerce as Spending Pressures Cash Flow
October 28, 2026  |  Earnings

Alphabet’s third-quarter results put a familiar fear back in focus: Big Tech’s artificial intelligence spending could outrun the earnings and cash needed to justify it....

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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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