Agents & Products

Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work

Perplexity is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with its own work-focused AI agents. The startup's new always-on "Teammates" can take on multiple roles within a workspace, while pulling existing projects, skills, and memory from the Perplexity tools you already use. Teammates integrate with Perplexity Computer, an AI system that can deploy agents on your device to complete tasks. But Perplexity says Teammates "build on top" of Computer by offering the ability to collaborate and co

Also reported by The Decoder

Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.

Also reported by The Verge

Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO

AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth.

Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter

AI agents won't be stealing Uber's lunch any time soon. Only four rides were arranged by third-party AI agents during the third quarter of 2026, Uber executives disclosed during an earnings call this morning. The volume of Uber Eats orders fulfilled by AI agents was a little higher, with the company recording "around 500" during the week of Halloween, out of a total 320 million Uber rides and Uber Eats deliveries. This is the first time that Uber has disclosed the number of t

Also reported by TechCrunch

Muse has a voice mode now

Meta now lets you have voice conversations with your Muse AI agent in real time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today. The feature has been rolled out to me, and I gave it a spin on the iOS app while writing this article. As you chat with your Muse agent, the avatar at the top of your conversation animates in time with the words that it's saying. You can also change the tone of the voice by just asking your agent about what you want and letting it decide or by browsing through a

Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar

Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.

Claude AI can plug directly into your bank account

Anthropic has a new pitch for managing your personal finances: let Claude do it instead, with a new Personal Finance feature that connects it to your bank and card accounts via the Plaid bank bridging platform. You can ask the chatbot "where did my money go this month," for example, and it'll create an overview with a breakdown of spending by category, including rent and utilities, shopping, and food. Claude can also answer broader questions around what bills are left before yo

Claude can now analyze your spending with its new Personal Finance tool

With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.

Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.

Together AI Releases Together Compiler: Agents Make Inference Up to 2.6x Faster

Together AI has introduced Together Compiler (TKCC), an agent-driven system that keeps re-optimizing inference as production traffic changes. Together Compiler already runs on several of Together’s serverless endpoints. The core claim for developers: an engine tuned once goes stale, so tuning should never stop. TL;DR System: It is an optimization system, tested on Kimi K3, GLM 5.3, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, DeepSeek v4.1 Flash and Llama 1B. Runs on: NVIDIA B200, B300, GB300, H100, AMD

Introducing Images 2.6

Images 2.6 brings faster image generation, GIF creation, more precise editing, and new API controls across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.

A thousand fewer paths to root

OpenAI built an autonomous pipeline that found, validated, and generated patches for 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.

Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.

Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freely available, how do companies capture value? And with Chinese open models gaining ground, can American players keep up?  On this episode of […]

Oumi’s Frontier AI Engineer now builds AI agents and retrains the models behind them

Enterprise artificial intelligence platform company Oumi PBC today extended its Frontier AI Engineer agent so it can build AI agents for customers and retrain the models those agents run on. The release goes after a problem that tends to surface once agents leave the demo stage. A failing agent might have a bad prompt, a […] The post Oumi’s Frontier AI Engineer now builds AI agents and retrains the models behind them appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Google hasn’t figured out how to make AI pay like its search engine

Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Search queries are growing at their fastest rate in five years, Google parent Alphabet said in its earnings report last week. However, Google's Search revenue growth slowed to 12 percent year over year in the third quarter, down from roughly 17 percent in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, growth in paid clicks - clicks on ads that generate revenue for Google - slowed from 13 percent to 8 percent. That's

Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity

Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.

Apple starts giving Siri AI access to third-party apps

Apple will now let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps. As part of the iOS 27.3 update rolling out on Tuesday, Apple announced developers can now integrate Siri AI's new features in "all apps," allowing the voice assistant to draw on a user's personal context, process natural language prompts, and use on-screen awareness to complete requests. The update, which is rolling out as part of a Developer Preview, also adds a new "app skills" feature that third-party develo

OpenAI says ChatGPT is catching up to Google in search

In many circles, "Ask Chat" has replaced "Google it," and that's reflected in a new announcement from OpenAI: the volume of search queries run through ChatGPT now equals 20 percent of the volume run through Google. Adam Fry, OpenAI's consumer product lead for ChatGPT, made the announcement at a press event on Monday. He said the company defines a search as any time a user inputs a query that results in a web search, as opposed to tasks like defining a term or a simple how-to ex

Agentic cheminformatics with Google Antigravity

Learn how Google Antigravity and our Cheminformatics Skills accelerate drug discovery workflows, search compounds, and propose novel rigidified macrocycles.

NYT Cooking’s AI assistant saved my weeknight chicken, but almost ruined my cake

The NYT Cooking app now has a built in AI assistant. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Around 7PM each weeknight, I find myself standing in front of the fridge, trying to decide on something for dinner that won't make my husband complain, "Chicken again?" Yes, I should meal plan more, but I don't, so this is where I'm at. A nightly battle in which the chicken usually wins. Recently, my best weapon in this fight has been AI. Between Alexa Plus in the Echo smart display

Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent

Meta's Muse agents continue to get new features and integrations. Spaces promises to be a new way to interact with the AI helpers.

Also reported by The Verge

Apps for Caregivers Get a Dose of AI, but That Might Not Be Enough

The apps and platforms that help family caregivers manage their loved ones’ needs are becoming more capable, but the broader issue of caregivers’ well-being remains unsolved.

Buoyant Releases Kinference: An Open Source Inference Control Plane for Kubernetes and vLLM

Buoyant, the company behind Linkerd, has released Kinference, an open source project for building inference platforms on Kubernetes. Kinference is an inference control plane for Kubernetes and vLLM. It sits in front of a fleet of vLLM workers and decides where each request goes. It applies routing policies, token rate limits, KV-cache-aware load balancing and per-tenant metrics in one layer. For dev teams serving many open-weight models to many internal clients, it targets the layer above the m

Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents

Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.

Also reported by Wired AI

Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month

While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.

Also reported by The Verge

Atomicwork launches certified AI coworker marketplace for enterprise IT and security

Information technology service management startup Atomicwork Inc. today announced the launch of an Artificial Intelligence Coworker Marketplace that will give enterprise IT and security teams access to prebuilt, certified AI coworkers that can work alongside employees. The company said these agentic AI coworkers include verified roles and capabilities across cloud infrastructure, access management, security and […] The post Atomicwork launches certified AI coworker marketplace for enterpri

Amazon will let you text Alexa your shopping list

Amazon is adding a new feature to Alexa for Shopping that allows customers to purchase items by texting the AI shopping assistant. Users can describe the products they're looking to buy and/or provide a photograph of the item, and Alexa for Shopping will search for matching results in Amazon listings, text back with recommendations, and order the item on the users' behalf. This launch builds on the existing Alexa for Shopping experience that launched in May, allowing users to p

After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop

Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks.

Netflix’s new AI Discover tab helps you find something to watch based on your mood

The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they're currently in the mood for.

Also reported by The Verge

Australian universities are creating AI-native graduates

Australian universities are expanding access to ChatGPT and bringing AI into teaching and learning to prepare students for an AI-enabled workforce.

Cult.fit builds operational muscle with Codex

Cult.fit is using Codex to help teams across functions build tools, move faster, and change how work gets done.

Franklin Templeton uses OpenAI to support investment research

Starting with equity research, Franklin Templeton is developing AI workflows to help portfolio managers compare research views and examine investment risks.

Merge builds product and business tools with OpenAI technology

Merge uses GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, and Codex to review product code and support marketing. Its teams also use AI to plan executive dinners and prepare sales updates.

Flipsnack grows product signups with conversion optimization

Flipsnack focused its ChatGPT Ads campaigns on getting people to try its product, growing registrations while lowering the cost per signup.

Ads in Chatbots Have Arrived. Here’s What’s Working, and What’s Not

As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.

Same model, better answer: Enterprise data is what turns generic AI into a business tool

Generic AI models can write SQL, but they don’t know a company’s orders, customers or revenue definitions. Now, Oracle Database aims to give AI agents the context to move a stalled order forward. But that shift raises questions about complexity, lock-in and security as AI agents start acting on live transactions. Oracle Corp.’s answer is […] The post Same model, better answer: Enterprise data is what turns generic AI into a business tool appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Oracle wants to pull stalled AI agents out of demo mode and into production

Companies want AI agents faster than they can build the AI architecture to run them. Most can put together a convincing demo. Far fewer can move agents into production without exposing data, hurting uptime or blowing their budgets. That gap is pushing database providers to rethink what a data platform for agents has to deliver. […] The post Oracle wants to pull stalled AI agents out of demo mode and into production appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

You can post AI music straight to SoundCloud from ElevenLabs

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 16: In this photo illustration the logo of the music streaming service SoundCloud is displayed on a smartphone on January 16, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) | Photothek via Getty Images After partnering with Moises earlier this year, SoundCloud is now adding integration with another AI music platform, ElevenLabs. Now, rather than having to export and download your outputs from ElevenLabs and then upload t

Le Chonk brings the brains. Studio puts it to work.

Build and deploy enterprise agents, workflows and apps faster with Mistral Studio and Le Chonk full control over your models, data and infrastructure.

Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.

Finding New Drugs Is Laborious. This AI Startup Is Skipping The Lab Work

Potential Sciences, a startup backed by the UK government, is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data can speed up the plodding process of developing new drugs.

AI’s Next Trick? Speaking Dolphin

Denise Herzing, the founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, is using AI to help understand audio and video footage of the marine mammals.

He Trolls AI Labs for a Living. Now They All Want to Work With Him

OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXSI have all reached out to Husk, an influencer who regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots.

AI agents meet billable hours as Certinia rethinks services delivery

Certinia Inc. is bringing AI into the software firms use to sell projects, assign staff, deliver work and bill clients. AI’s ability to instantaneously draw from a deep well of information and provide guidance in practically any field of expertise has changed the paradigm for professional services. For Certinia Inc., whose business facilitates 7.1 billion […] The post AI agents meet billable hours as Certinia rethinks services delivery appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage

The company is said to be significantly dropping the amount it's spending on AI for its engineering teams.

DevRev delivers autonomous self-service with GPT-6.1 Sol

DevRev uses GPT-6.1 Sol to power Computer and Operator, balancing reasoning, speed, and cost for enterprise service.

Certinia brings AI into professional services workflows

Certinia Inc. is bringing AI into the software firms use to sell projects, assign staff, deliver work and bill clients. AI’s ability to instantaneously draw from a deep well of information and provide guidance in practically any field of expertise has changed the paradigm for professional services. For Certinia Inc., whose business facilitates 7.1 billion […] The post Certinia brings AI into professional services workflows appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Research prediction: Shift from digital banking to AI-driven finance will transform financial services in 2027

The coming year will signal an abrupt transition from digital banking to intelligent finance, as AI agents and operating models reshape the ways that financial firms acquire customers and provide advice. This is the central thesis of a new Forrester Research report, “Predictions 2027: Banking and Investing.” The findings were summarized from data involving 915 […] The post Research prediction: Shift from digital banking to AI-driven finance will transform financial services in 2027 appeare

Oracle connects AI-driven testing with a new approach to database security

Frontier AI models that uncover software flaws by the hundreds are forcing database providers into larger, faster patch cycles, and real application testing is becoming the safeguard that keeps those fixes from breaking production systems. The same AI wave is also undermining security rules written into applications. Oracle Corp. has responded on two fronts, hardening […] The post Oracle connects AI-driven testing with a new approach to database security appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Gemini for Home now plugs into AT&T’s smart security system

AT&T's smart home security system now integrates with Gemini for Home. The company says its Connected Life system is the "first" home security product to integrate with Google Home Premium, enabling a bunch of Gemini-powered features that can summarize home events, search your video history, and more. With the update, Gemini for Home can provide detailed descriptions about events captured by your security cameras, such as who delivered a package and how many items they drop

As AI takes over coding, Oracle rethinks how applications are built

As vibe coding moves from novelty to everyday practice, enterprises face a new problem: Machine-generated software still has to be maintained, governed and understood by people. Low-code platforms were built to speed up application development, and AI is now rewriting that mission. Oracle Corp. previewed its answer ahead of its annual conference, and the tipping […] The post As AI takes over coding, Oracle rethinks how applications are built appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Customers are pulling data back into the Oracle database as agents demand real-time access

A shared semantic layer is fast becoming the dividing line between lakehouses built for reporting and those built for artificial intelligence. As AI agents join human analysts in querying corporate data, enterprises need platforms that make sense of information scattered across clouds, formats and rival systems. Oracle Corp. has spent the past year rebuilding its […] The post Customers are pulling data back into the Oracle database as agents demand real-time access appeared first on Silico

ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs

ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot. The update, which is rolling out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, allows you to adjust the GIF's animation speed, edit individual frames, and share it with others. Before this change, ChatGPT couldn't natively generate GIFs in a single step. An example shared by the company shows how ChatGPT can generate a GIF in response to the prompt, "can you make a gif of a cat dancing?," while also pr

I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful, and a little unsettling

Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.

Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter

AI agents won't be stealing Uber's lunch any time soon. Only four rides were arranged by third-party AI agents during the third quarter of 2026, Uber executives disclosed during an earnings call this morning. The volume of Uber Eats orders fulfilled by AI agents was a little higher, with the company recording "around 500" during the week of Halloween, out of a total 320 million Uber rides and Uber Eats deliveries. This is the first time that Uber has disclosed the number of t

How Cisco defends at machine speed with OpenAI

Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security. Learn how it is building more adaptive defenses.

Apple’s latest watchOS beta includes its new always-on Audio Intelligence features

Starting today, Siri can tune into the Apple Watch's mic with Audio Intelligence features that are available in the new watchOS 27.3 developer beta rolling out now. The two new additions are Siri Recap, which uses "ambient listening" to generate summaries of your conversation, and Live Rewind, which generates text transcripts of the last 15 seconds of audio your watch's mic detected. Apple is also releasing its redesigned Health app for testing today in the iOS 27.3 developer

Accelerating engineering for the physical world

Discover how ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers accelerate CAD, PCB design, simulation, and other workflows across the physical world.

AI Is Changing How Semiconductor Fabs Work, and Engineers Are Moving Faster Because of It

Demand for advanced chips is rising. The processes to build them are getting more complex. And the margin for error is shrinking. For engineers, understanding how a process change will behave, how a material will interact with a new step, how a defect maps back to a root cause are critical, challenging steps in semiconductor manufacturing — and these analyses can take days. Physical experiments on a fab line are slow and expensive. A wrong call on yield or process quality has real consequences.

Apple is all in on AI, its own and everyone else’s

Apple's latest earnings show how it's continuing to capitalize on the AI boom without busting its budget on the infrastructure spending consuming its competitors. Overall, Apple posted its best-ever fiscal year for revenue and earnings per share. iPhone and Mac sales continued to grow strongly in the fourth quarter. iPhone revenue rose 17.5% from a year earlier to a September quarter record of $57.6 billion while Mac revenue climbed 24% to $10.8 billion, its highest level in fo