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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 Launches Muse, Its First Personal AI Agent, With a Privacy Architecture Designed to Keep Your Data Away From the Web
Muse can book travel, send emails, and buy things on your behalf. Meta is betting that a new security layer called Secure VM will convince users to trust the company with that kind of access.
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 Freezes $30 Million AI Camera Programme Amid Growing Bipartisan Privacy Backlash
Governor Greg Abbott has halted state spending on Flock Safety cameras after a newspaper investigation revealed Texas quietly spent more than $30 million on the AI surveillance network, funded by a $1 fee added to insurance policies.
Meta patches its Ray-Ban smart glasses to stop secret recordings after public backlash
A software update will cut off the camera if someone covers the recording light mid-shoot, closing a loophole that let wearers film strangers without any visible warning.
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.
Flock Safety's CEO wants a 'compromise' on surveillance. Critics say the cameras are already out of control.
Forty-six police officers have been accused of misusing Flock's licence plate cameras to stalk partners. The company is making small changes. Lawmakers on both sides want more.