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New app skills can guide Siri through multistep requests, including shopping tasks.
Technology
App Intents and app skills let developers prepare actions and multi-step requests, but App Store versions cannot use the preview.
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LifeVal draws on a survey of 3,995 respondents to test AI on tasks involving caregiving, shopping, finances and government services.
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Canva says Brush can restyle designs, adapt them to different formats and apply changes consistently across multiple pages.
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Anthropic says its registration statement is not yet effective, so securities cannot be sold or offers to buy accepted.
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Instinct says users can press and hold the button to speak a request without leaving their current app.
Technology
After talking with CBS News, a commentator says consumer AI products are growing and monetizing “unbelievably fast.”
AI
A post announcing the funding names Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures as co-leads and describes employee-specific “Townies.”
AI
A user recommends fresh accounts and tracking an agent’s searches, sources and purchase path to see where products surface.
Technology
A user says the videos offer advice framed as personal experience, then mention the app on the last slide.
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A user says the AI woman offers advice from her “own experience” before a final-slide mention of the app.
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A user calls their request for the pumpkin Halloween Waymo a “public prayer to the self-driving gods.”
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A user says incumbents' 'right to win' claims make them nervous for those companies and excited for startups.
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A user argues that privacy and trust concerns usually fade when people find products that add value to their lives.
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A post says the top 1% of U.S. spenders average $903 monthly and overindex on product-building tools.
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A post sharing the breakdown describes it as “an even more interactive look at the numbers.”
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Google says Argon is available through its paid API tier and to Pro and Ultra subscribers in Gemini and Search.
YouTube
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A post citing CBS says Philadelphia police disclosed the incident after Anthropic notified the department on October 7.
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A user uses that claim to argue that “we are still so early” in AI.
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TestingCatalog says the agent will work inside Gmail, Drive and Docs, carrying its memory, skills and controls across apps.