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8 stories taggedAI assistants.

The Browser Is Becoming Your Personal Assistant: Here Are the Best Alternatives to Chrome and Safari
A new wave of AI browsers wants to do your tasks, not just show you web pages. Here is what is actually available, what it costs, and what you might be giving up for the privilege.

Apple researchers taught AI to practise using apps without needing a real app to practise on
A new technique lets AI agents learn to make software calls by simulating the whole environment inside another AI, cutting one of the biggest bottlenecks in building helpful AI assistants.

Halliday Gen 2 Smart Glasses Put AI Meeting Notes in Your Field of View
The second-generation glasses ditch the fiddly hidden display for a proper dual-screen setup, and aim to keep workers informed during meetings without touching a phone or laptop.

The hidden plumbing that connects AI to your apps just got easier to use
A key technical standard called the Model Context Protocol is being updated to make it simpler for AI tools to plug into calendars, databases, and business software without custom engineering work.

Google's AI Mode can now connect to your shopping and design apps
Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music are the first apps you can link directly to Google's conversational search tool, letting it do tasks, not just answer questions.

The EU Just Forced Google to Open Android and Search to Its AI Rivals
Two new rulings from Brussels mean ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity could soon work as deeply as Gemini does on your Android phone. Here is what changes, and when.

One Poisoned Email Can Secretly Rewrite Your AI Assistant's Memory
A newly described attack called MemGhost shows how a single message to your inbox can plant a false 'fact' inside an AI agent's long-term memory, without you ever knowing.

Superhuman's AI email assistant is getting good enough to actually use
A new auto-draft feature uses frontier AI models to write replies that match your tone. In testing, 60% of generated drafts were sent without any editing at all.