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Your AI assistant now has its own email address. Here is what that changes.
Instinct, an AI agent valued at $2.5 billion, is giving every user a dedicated email address so the software can sign up for services, contact businesses, and chase follow-ups without ever touching your personal inbox.

Meta lanza Muse, su primer agente de IA personal, con arquitectura de privacidad diseñada para mantener tus datos alejados de la web
Muse puede reservar viajes, enviar correos electrónicos y comprar cosas en tu nombre. Meta apuesta a que una nueva capa de seguridad llamada Secure VM convencerá a los usuarios de confiar en la empresa con ese tipo de acceso.

Meta's New AI Agent Muse Will Shop, Email, and Book Travel for You. Should You Trust It?
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent that acts on your behalf online. The privacy questions are real, and the company's track record makes them harder to dismiss.

I Fell for the New Siri AI, Then Quietly Went Back to My Old Habits
Apple's overhauled Siri is genuinely better. So why did one tester stop reaching for it by September?

Ugreen Wants to Run Your Entire Smart Home From a Box in Your Living Room
A new platform called HomeAgent keeps your cameras, files, and AI assistant local, meaning your data never has to touch the cloud. No monthly fees, either.

Ollie Wants to Run Your Family's Life Without Selling Your Data
The San Diego startup has quietly earned a security certification that most consumer AI assistants skip. Its bet: privacy is the one thing Big Tech cannot easily copy.

Fambot wants to be the AI assistant that actually helps parents survive the school-year chaos
A new startup is building an AI tool that reads your family emails, WhatsApp groups, and calendar so you can stop drowning in school newsletters and start kicking a ball around with your kids.

Texas congela programa de $30 millones de cámaras de IA entre creciente rechazo bipartidista a la privacidad
El gobernador Greg Abbott ha detenido el gasto estatal en cámaras Flock Safety después de que una investigación periodística revelara que Texas gastó discretamente más de $30 millones en la red de vigilancia con IA, financiada por una tarifa de $1 añadida a las pólizas de seguros.

Meta actualiza sus gafas Ray-Ban inteligentes para evitar grabaciones secretas tras la protesta pública
Una actualización de software apagará la cámara si alguien cubre la luz indicadora de grabación durante la captura, cerrando un vacío legal que permitía a los usuarios grabar a extraños sin ninguna advertencia visible.

A Georgia Officer Ran 85 Surveillance Searches on Two Colleagues Using a Licence-Plate Tracking System
Dustin Bozzo, a patrolman near Atlanta, used Flock Safety's automatic licence-plate reader network to follow his ex-partner's movements and those of another officer she spent time with. The case is one of at least 45 similar incidents documented across the US.

These AI Earbuds Record and Summarise Every Conversation You Have
Plaud's new One Explorer Edition looks like ordinary earbuds but quietly transcribes everything around you, then lets an AI agent book meetings and send emails on your behalf.

A 23-year-old's AI assistant startup just hit a $2.5 billion valuation after raising $250 million
Instinct, the life-organising AI app from Spear Street Technology, closed a $250 million Series B round this week. The app is still invite-only, and privacy worries are already swirling.

Perplexity launches Portable Computer, an AI agent that runs entirely on your own machine
Built with Nvidia, the new product lets an AI agent handle hours of document work without sending your files to the cloud or charging you per task.

Instinct's AI assistant can book your dinner and read your inbox. Users say it went too far.
Early testers praised what the invite-only personal AI assistant could do. Then some found their emails retained without permission, and one showed the agent could be tricked by a fake message he sent himself.

El CEO de Flock Safety quiere un "compromiso" sobre vigilancia. Los críticos dicen que las cámaras ya están fuera de control.
Cuarenta y seis oficiales de policía han sido acusados de hacer mal uso de las cámaras de reconocimiento de placas de Flock para acosar a parejas. La empresa está haciendo pequeños cambios. Los legisladores de ambos bandos quieren más.