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The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that Reddit has launched Reddit Reviews, a test feature that aggregates forum conversations into crowdsourced, AI-generated product review summaries.
The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that a Chatham House-rule dinner of tech, VC and media leaders debated the open web’s future as AI agents and answer engines summarize content without visiting sites or seeing ads.
Oct 10The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that AI agents like OpenAI’s Dot, Meta’s Muse and Instinct run on cloud virtual machines built to mimic human computers, complete with operating systems and browsers, even though agents don’t need human-style interfaces to work.
Oct 8The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that Google Photos Wardrobe and ChatGPT Virtual Try On both launched this week, letting shoppers preview clothes on their own bodies instead of a model’s, with ChatGPT’s version still rough around the edges.
Oct 3The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports she is running OpenAI’s Dot, Meta’s Muse and startup Instinct simultaneously, each given a virtual cloud computer to monitor news, book appointments and shop while she’s away from her phone.
Oct 1The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that Meta’s Muse agent, Thingy, now books appointments, tracks flights and shops via connected accounts like Shopify, Walmart and Sephora.
Sep 27The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that Mark Zuckerberg, ahead of Meta’s Connect keynote unveiling new audio-only Ray-Ban glasses and AI features, told her each AI lab should self-police safety rather than coordinate industry-wide.
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