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.
Consumer & Gadgets
Woolworths has announced a partnership with Google to incorporate agentic artificial intelligence into its "Olive" chatbot, starting in Australia later this year.
Jan 16, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI's development hadn't consolidated under a small number of big tech firms. Nor had it capitalized ...
Jan 14, 2026
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Business
AI is already doing a pretty good job at taking on some of the world's workload. It has produced academic papers, enhanced space exploration and developed medical treatments.
Jan 13, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
As generative artificial intelligence tools rapidly enter classrooms, workplaces, and creative industries, questions about what these systems mean for human creativity have become increasingly urgent. Can AI truly be creative? ...
Jan 13, 2026
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Business
For an increasing number of Americans, a new kind of co-worker is making their work easier.
Jan 13, 2026
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Business
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much ...
Jan 13, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine.
Jan 10, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family's wants and needs.
Jan 9, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Sometime around Christmas, Sarah Burzio noticed that the holiday sales bump for her stationery business included some mysterious new customers: a flurry of orders from anonymous email addresses associated with Amazon.com ...
Jan 7, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Artificial intelligence dominated the conversation as CES 2026 opened on Jan. 6. Nearly every major exhibitor framed AI as a tool that can make daily routines smoother, faster and more efficient.
Jan 7, 2026
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