The tech battle to build your AI assistant
TL;DR
The long-promised personal AI assistant is finally arriving, with a suddenly crowded field of agents offering to run pieces of your everyday life. Why it matters: For years, tech's "personal assistants" were little more than voice-controlled search boxes. Rapid advances in AI are finally giving them the memory, judgment and autonomy to act on our behalf. Catch up fast: Chatbots answer questions.
Nauti's Take
Small teams should start by testing permissions and reversibility: Can the agent operate a calendar, inbox, or browser without triggering sensitive actions unexpectedly, and can every step be audited? Before any broad rollout, run three scenarios with test accounts: booking an appointment, making a purchase, and recovering from a failed task.
OpenAI’s move is still unconfirmed, so measurable boundaries matter more than polished agent demos.
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