✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-01-24

This week turned another crank on the hype around Agentic AI, Agents, and Assistants — with new releases from the major players.

Perplexity launches Perplexity Assistant in its Android app, which can take “multi-app actions” like hailing a ride, initially free for users in 15 languages

Perplexity launches Perplexity Assistant in its Android app, which can take “multi-app actions” like hailing a ride, initially free for users in 15 languages

By Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Google's Gemini will be the default on-device assistant for the new Galaxy S25 series, and gets the ability to work across multiple apps in a single prompt

Google's Gemini will be the default on-device assistant for the new Galaxy S25 series, and gets the ability to work across multiple apps in a single prompt

By Dominic Preston / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Hands-on with Operator: limited in what it can browse, can autonomously perform repetitive workflows, and can do lengthy tasks on its own with minimal prompting

Hands-on with Operator: limited in what it can browse, can autonomously perform repetitive workflows, and can do lengthy tasks on its own with minimal prompting

From Every. View the full context on Techmeme.

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