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1167 storiesInstinct expands its AI agent into group chats with friends
Instinct, the AI agent now valued at $10 billion, is expanding into group chats that work even when a user's friends haven't joined the app.
TikTok launches an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
TikTok is rolling out a conversational AI shopping assistant and a one-click, in-app checkout that lets users buy directly from brands in its For You feed.
Hot Girl Hotline built an AI hotline for dating advice
Sisters Baila and Sumi Mudgil launched Hot Girl Hotline, an AI chatbot that gives young women relationship advice with safety guardrails and plans to charge a $9.99 monthly subscription.
HackerRank launches Chakra, an AI interviewer for job candidates
HackerRank is making Chakra, an AI agent that conducts and scores job interviews, generally available after conducting more than 500,000 test interviews in beta.
OpenAI brings visual ads to ChatGPT's image results
OpenAI will begin showing visual display ads alongside ChatGPT's image-generation results in the U.S. later this month, part of a broader push into advertising.
Bitchat, Dorsey's offline chat app, vanishes from India's stores
Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's Bluetooth-based offline messaging app, has disappeared from Apple's and Google's app stores in India after a government order citing Section 69A of the IT Act.
Meta lets developers build their own hardware for Muse
Meta launched Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware to connect to its Muse AI agent.
Apple tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls over AI risks
Apple says it's adding stricter controls to macOS's Full Disk Access setting after reports that AI agents like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's ChatGPT raised new privacy risks.
Laytr's new app saves anything online, not just articles
Laytr, a new save-for-later app from indie developer Mostafa Talaat, lets users save articles, recipes, screenshots, videos, PDFs, bookmarks, and tabs for later, with everything stored privately on-device.
Epic pauses product work to fix MyChart security flaws
Epic, the maker of the widely used MyChart medical-records software, has paused most product development for a likely six weeks after a cybersecurity review uncovered flaws that could let outsiders access patient data.
ChatGPT adds a virtual try-on feature for shopping
OpenAI launched a global ChatGPT feature that lets users virtually try on clothes and accessories from a photo, plus a new way to save favorite products.
Shopify launches Canvas, an AI chat tool for building stores
Shopify launched Canvas, a tool that lets merchants build their online store by chatting with its Sidekick AI agent, which renders real store code in real time.
Chesky: AI agents need an operating system of their own
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says chatbots are the wrong interface for travel and that the industry lacks an operating system built for AI agents to run on.
Audible adds AI features to explore books and talk to characters
Audible introduced three AI-powered features — a character guide, interactive stories, and bonus imagery — as it faces new competition from Spotify in audiobooks.
Reddit to shut down RSS feeds and end public API access
Reddit is ending RSS feed support on November 13 and will close public API access by March 2027, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse by AI bots.
Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user's messages
Meta is disputing a columnist's claim that its AI agent Muse read his private messages without permission, saying the feature is strictly opt-in.
DoorDash launches a text-to-order AI agent on Apple Messages
DoorDash is rolling out an AI agent that lets users order food by texting through Apple Messages, while also opening a drone-delivery pilot in Northern California.
Instinct's new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
AI startup Instinct rolled out unsolicited product recommendations called Instinct Selections, and the early reaction from some users has been sharply negative.
Instagram brings an AI assistant to its Edits video app
Instagram is rolling out a conversational AI assistant inside Edits that analyzes a creator's own metrics to give personalized feedback, as YouTube builds a rival tool.