AI assistants

AI assistants are software programs that use artificial intelligence to understand and respond to user commands, performing tasks like information retrieval, scheduling, and automation.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to intense competition among major tech companies, a surge in consumer adoption, and growing regulatory scrutiny.

Latest on AI assistants

• As AI Assistants Fight Over Shoppers, Infrastructure Gets Paid Either Way.
• Google faces UK push to put AI assistants on Android, Chrome choice screens
• Beware these fake websites selling subscriptions to AI assistants
• Retail Investing Opens Up to AI Assistants
• Instinct Nears $2.5 Billion Valuation as AI Assistants Take Over Daily Chores
• Scalable Capital connects €60bn of client assets to outside AI assistants
• Barracuda discovered phishing emails containing AI prompt injection attacks targeting both human users and AI assistants.
• when an AI assistant misinterprets a customer's intent, executes a trade based on a reasoning error, or chains requests in ways the customer didn't authorize
• This integration enables AI assistants to execute trades and manage investments on behalf of retail investors through Scalable Capital's infrastructure.
• Instinct, the developer of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant that seems to be gaining traction among early adopters
• Munich-based bank Scalable Capital has opened its platform to AI assistants
• giving customers the option to let the likes of ChatGPT, Claude and Grok carry out trades on their behalf

Connections

13 entities linked to AI assistants across the news graph.