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The New AI Agents That Shop, Plan, and Gossip

Will we have one AI assistant that does everything, or an entire network of agents that know different parts of our lives? David Pawlan, creator of Assistant Benchmark, returns with Anish Acharya and Josh Elman to take stock of how quickly the agent landscape has changed.

David has now tested more than 140 AI assistants, and they unpack what separates them, from memory and judgment to trust, shopping, and social experiences.

They also explore what happens when agents start talking to each other, how they could create new kinds of social networks and serendipity, and why the most compelling…

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