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Microsoft's AI meeting assistant keeps missing its own launch date
Teams Facilitator, the AI that jumps into video calls to answer unresolved questions, has slipped from June to December. Here is what the delay means for the millions of people who use Microsoft Teams at work.
Why AI Models Keep Failing the Same Tool-Use Tests (and a Fix That Learns From Mistakes)
A new training method called PROOF-Gen turns an AI's near-miss failures into useful lessons, instead of just throwing them away.
Claude Now Shares Its Memory Across Chat and Its AI Agent, No More Rebriefing
Anthropic has merged the memory systems in Claude's chat and its Cowork agent, so the assistant carries what it learns from one into the other. Users can also read, edit, or delete exactly what Claude has stored.
Instinct's AI assistant can book your dinner and read your inbox. Users say it went too far.
The invite-only personal AI assistant has impressed early testers with what it can do. But some of those same testers found their emails retained without permission, and one discovered the agent could be tricked by a fake message.
The new poker professional is being trained mid-hand, not after it
Study software used to grade a session once it was over. A newer class of tool sits at the table while the hand is still live, and it is changing what a serious player practises.
The Assistant Wars Broke Cover: Six Stories in Seven Days
Last week AI2Day ran six pieces on consumer AI assistants, up from one the week before. Three separate outlets carried it, so this is not one newsroom fixating on Siri.
Why AI Agents Struggle to Search: The Hidden Maths Problem Slowing Them Down
Researchers at Apple ML Research found that the way AI agents hunt through text can hit a hard mathematical wall. Here is what that means for the tools you use every day.
Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Is Coming to Your Fire TV for Free, No Subscription Needed
Amazon is pushing its upgraded AI assistant to millions of Fire TV devices automatically. Here is what changes, what stays the same, and whether you can opt out.
ChatGPT's Mac App Now Watches What You Do on Your Computer
A new opt-in feature called Computer History tracks your activity across apps and websites, building a personal timeline that ChatGPT can search when you ask for help.
Microsoft Pulls Its Animated Blob Mico From Copilot Voice Mode
The yellow animated character, launched less than a year ago to give the chatbot a face, is being quietly moved off to a learning platform.
Apple is in talks to pay news publishers every time Siri uses their content
Rather than a flat licensing fee, Apple is considering a pay-per-use model for publishers whose articles and news would feed an upgraded Siri. The budget could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Microsoft Is Merging Its Two Copilot Apps Into One Super App
The personal and work versions of Microsoft's AI assistant are being folded into a single unified app, but a few features won't survive the move.
Google's Gemini app hits one billion monthly users, catching up with ChatGPT
Google's AI assistant has crossed a threshold that only 13 other Google products have ever reached. Here's what the numbers actually tell us.
Apple Finally Fixed Siri. It Just Took Long Enough for Everyone Else to Catch Up.
The new Siri is genuinely better. But after years of delays, Apple's AI assistant arrives in a world where its rivals can already write code, reason through problems, and complete complex tasks on your behalf.
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Meta's AI Agents to Work for Everyone, Not Just Coders
On Meta's Q2 2026 earnings call, Zuckerberg sketched out a vision of personal AI assistants that handle your health, finances and relationships, and promised details are coming soon.