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I put Muse, Dot, and Instinct to the test. There was a clear winner, but not because it worked best.
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Business Insider Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago
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Covered by 2 sources This month
Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
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The Verge Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home
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TechCrunch Bring Your Own Agent: Your Employees' Assistants Are Already Logged In
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The Hacker News Your AI agent wants your money back — and that could mean trouble for these companies
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Business Insider Shoppers find AI agents need a short leash — unless you need 20 pounds of chicken wings
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Business Insider Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?
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The Verge Meta Wants to Write the Industry Standards for Safe Agentic Commerce, Report Says
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+2Covered by 5 sources Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account
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Covered by 2 sources Early users are deleting personal AI agents, citing privacy scares and blunders
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Business Insider Instinct users say its new shopping feature is pushing products they never asked for
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Business Insider AI Agents Are Offering to Run Your Life. Should You Let Them?
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The Wall Street Journal The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Almost All About AI
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Crunchbase The ugly economics of consumer AI
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Covered by 2 sources This entrepreneur treated an AI agent like a colleague. Then it started doing the work.
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Business Insider Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
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TechCrunch Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related
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TechCrunch AI Agent Startup Instinct Raises $1 Billion at $10 Billion Value
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+1Covered by 4 sources Instinct creator says it'd be a 'very dangerous world' if the AI agent tried to influence users to make purchases
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Business Insider Muse is supposed to make money when you use it to shop. What happens if you just don't shop that much?
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Business Insider Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents
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TechCrunch I asked Instinct to plan 2 trips for me — and it sucked all the joy out of traveling
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Business Insider Couples are using a viral AI agent to do their emotional labor. It’s been helpful — and chaotic.
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Business Insider 5 BI staffers who put AI agents to work share what worked and what went wrong
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Business Insider Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw
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Covered by 2 sources I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
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Wired Instinct users say they've noticed a slowdown with the buzzy AI agent
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Business Insider The personal AI agent horror stories are rolling in
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Business Insider Instinct's founder says the viral AI agent's hallucinations can spit out what looks like a stranger's data
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Business Insider I used Muse, Instinct, and Grok Bot to plan my European vacation. Meta's AI agent was my favorite.
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Business Insider Instinct took Silicon Valley by storm. Meet the 'brilliant' 23-year-old college dropout who started it.
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Business Insider The tech battle to build your AI assistant
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Axios AI agents are ready to run your life. Do you trust them?
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Business Insider Are AI bots like Instinct and Meta's Muse going to shop for you? And what happens if they do?
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Business Insider Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls
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TechCrunch Apple Finally Built a Smarter Siri. It Still Hasn’t Caught Up in the AI Race.
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The Wall Street Journal Good luck slowing this down
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Ben’s Bites Viral AI assistant Instinct now has its own email address
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TechCrunch This VC used AI to try to snag a restaurant reservation. Resy wasn't having it
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Business Insider Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race
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TechCrunch The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Tools And Assistants Lead Sparser Lineup Of Megadeals
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Crunchbase Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation
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TechCrunch That's everything we have on Instinct right now