Page 21: Research news on Agentic consumer AI

Agentic consumer AI denotes autonomous and semi-autonomous artificial intelligence systems embedded in consumer and workplace contexts to perceive goals, plan actions, and execute tasks on users’ behalf. These systems combine generative AI with persistent personal assistants, shopping and travel agents, in-cabin automotive companions, and integrated services in devices such as smart speakers and phones. They support decision-making, personalization, pricing, customer engagement, and creative collaboration, increasingly coordinating across software, robotics, and payment infrastructures to manage everyday activities with minimal direct user control.

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France's Versailles unveils AI-powered talking statues

Visitors to France's famed Palace of Versailles can now strike up a conversation with talking statues instead of listening to a traditional audio guide, as part of a new collaboration with artificial intelligence companies, ...

Machine learning & AI

Where did the wonder go, and can AI help us find it?

French philosopher René Descartes crowned human reason in 1637 as the foundation of existence: "Cogito, ergo sum"—"I think, therefore I am." For centuries, our capacity to doubt, question and think has been both our compass ...

Machine learning & AI

Researchers are teaching AI to see more like humans

At Brown University, an innovative new project is revealing that teaching artificial intelligence to perceive things more like people may begin with something as simple as a game. The project invites participants to play ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for using generative artificial intelligence (AI).

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