Ai Assistant news and trends

Meta’s Muse Reaches 10 Million Downloads Faster Than ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence // October 20, 2026

Meta’s personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse was downloaded more than 10 million times in the United States and Canada during the first 35 days it was available, digital market insights platform Sensor Tower said in a Monday (Oct. 19) post on LinkedIn. In terms of...

L’Oréal Cuts Customer Service Time 64% With AI
Artificial Intelligence // October 05, 2026

A L’Oréal adviser who needed to issue a customer a discount code once clicked through about 15 screens over 10 minutes. Now the adviser types a prompt, and artificial intelligence generates the code in about 1 minute, Salesforce reported. Across 25 North American brands, that...

OpenAI Launches Dots to Capture AI Agent Market
Artificial Intelligence // September 29, 2026

OpenAI has introduced artificial intelligence agents called “dots,” saying in a Tuesday (Sept. 29) press release that they are “built to handle everything.” Dots are powered by OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, have their own cloud computer, learn from feedback over time, can work around the clock...

OpenAI Aims to Redefine Smart Speakers With First AI Device
Artificial Intelligence // August 06, 2026

OpenAI‘s upcoming portable smart speaker, the company’s first device, will be doughnut-shaped, the size of a hockey puck, will have moving parts and likely cost between $300 and $400, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 6), citing unnamed sources. The design of this artificial intelligence-first computer is...

Interviews & Exclusives
Worldpay Speeds Up AI Investments as Virtual Shopping Assistants Take Off

June 23, 2025
Watch more:  Agentic AI Could Change Everything — Are Payments Players Ready? In the not-so-distant future, a virtual agent could buy your dog’s toys, settle your overseas invoices and flag potentially fraudulent charges on your credit card. All before your morning coffee is done brewing. The exciting part? That future is arriving faster than anyone […]

Facebook Messenger 2.0: Lotsa Bots

April 19, 2017
Innovator, entrepreneur and architect of “the greatest show on Earth” P.T. Barnum famously said, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” This week, going into its F8 conference — Facebook’s...

Voice-Activated Tracker: Google Home Gets Personal

April 18, 2017
Ready or not, here they come … marketers, that is. Everyone’s itching to get on the smart speaker monetization train. Burger King — rather than wait for Google to roll out...

Quick Reads
Meta’s Muse Reaches 10 Million Downloads Faster Than ChatGPT

October 20, 2026
Meta’s personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse was downloaded more than 10 million times in the United States and Canada during the first 35 days it was available, digital market insights platform Sensor Tower said in a Monday (Oct. 19) post on LinkedIn. In terms of downloads, Muse outpaced OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and SpaceXSI’s Grok, […]

OpenAI Launches Dots to Capture AI Agent Market

September 29, 2026
OpenAI has introduced artificial intelligence agents called “dots,” saying in a Tuesday (Sept. 29) press release that they are “built to handle everything.” Dots are powered by OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra,...

OpenAI Aims to Redefine Smart Speakers With First AI Device

August 06, 2026
OpenAI‘s upcoming portable smart speaker, the company’s first device, will be doughnut-shaped, the size of a hockey puck, will have moving parts and likely cost between $300 and $400, Bloomberg...

Apple Shows AI Siri and Investors Aren’t Impressed

June 08, 2026
Apple unveiled its long-awaited Siri AI Monday (June 8), saying in a press release that the artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant can answer questions from the web and surface relevant information...