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Amanda Caswell@Latest from Tom's Guide
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Google has introduced "Scheduled Actions" to its Gemini app, a feature aimed at enhancing user productivity by automating tasks. This new capability, announced during Google I/O and now rolling out to select Android and iOS users, allows Gemini to handle recurring or time-specific tasks without repeated prompts. Users can instruct Gemini to perform actions such as generating weekly blog brainstorms, delivering daily news digests, or setting one-time event reminders. With Scheduled Actions, Gemini is evolving to become a more proactive AI assistant, providing users with a hands-off experience.
The Scheduled Actions feature enables users to automate prompts within the Gemini app. Examples include setting up a daily calendar and email summary, receiving blog post ideas on a recurring schedule, or getting reminders for specific appointments. Once a task is scheduled, it can be easily managed from the Scheduled Actions page within the Gemini settings. This functionality positions Gemini as a more competitive alternative to AI technologies with similar features, such as ChatGPT, by offering a personalized experience to help users "stay informed, inspired, and on track." Google is also expanding its AI capabilities in other areas. AI Mode in Google Search now displays charts and tables, particularly for finance-related queries drawing data from Google Finance. Additionally, users with Google AI Pro, Ultra, or some Workspace plans can use voice commands to set "scheduled actions" within the Gemini app. These scheduled tasks are automatically integrated into Google Calendar or Gmail. This new feature offers a more comprehensive AI experience. Recommended read:
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Alexey Shabanov@TestingCatalog
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Microsoft is aggressively expanding the AI capabilities within its Copilot ecosystem, incorporating task automation and enhanced content creation tools. The company is currently testing "Agent Actions" in Microsoft Copilot, a feature designed to automate daily computing tasks. This capability, initially limited to select testers or Copilot Pro subscribers, is intended to allow users to delegate tasks during brief sessions. Furthermore, Copilot now includes native image generation powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, replacing DALL-E 3. This upgrade allows users across various platforms to generate higher-quality visuals directly within the app, negating the need for third-party integrations.
Microsoft is also refining the visual identity of Copilot, evolving the appearances of its AI personas. The fourth character, resembling a bubblegum or cloud, is undergoing further design changes. These characters, which serve as a branding layer, are expected to be further refined before their full release. These changes align with Microsoft's focus on seamlessly integrating productivity, assistance, and personality within the Copilot AI environment. Copilot for Sales is receiving significant updates aimed at streamlining sales workflows and improving CRM integration. These improvements include improved extensibility for third-party insights in email summaries within Outlook, providing partners the ability to surface richer sales insights. Additionally, sellers can now directly save AI-generated meeting summaries to CRM systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce from Teams, eliminating the need for manual logging. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has stated that the company's AI model performance is doubling every six months due to improvements in pre-training, inference, and system design. Recommended read:
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Allison Siu@NVIDIA Blog
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Amazon has recently introduced two significant advancements in the realm of artificial intelligence: Nova Act, an AI model designed for browser-based task automation, and a testing phase for the ‘Buy for Me’ feature in its mobile shopping application. Nova Act, currently available as a research preview, prioritizes the reliable execution of simple commands over complex workflows. Amazon aims to unlock the potential of truly autonomous and capable AI agents. The Nova Act SDK allows developers to experiment with the model's capabilities, enabling agents to complete tasks such as submitting out-of-office requests and configuring automatic replies.
The company stresses that genuine AI agents should not primarily focus on conversation or knowledge retrieval, differentiating them from current AI-powered assistants. According to Amazon, Nova Act is designed to complete tasks and act in digital and physical environments on behalf of the user. The potential applications extend to complex, multi-step workflows, such as organizing a wedding or handling complex IT tasks. The company has designed Nova Act to prioritize reliability by accurately completing simpler, low-level actions that, according to the company, trip rival models more often, such as date picking or navigating drop-downs and pop-ups. Simultaneously, Amazon is testing the ‘Buy for Me’ feature, which integrates AI agents into the mobile shopping app to facilitate purchases from third-party brand websites, even for products not directly sold by Amazon. This feature, in limited beta for select iOS and Android users in the U.S., allows users to authorize Amazon to complete transactions on external brand sites, utilizing Amazon’s Nova AI, along with Anthropic’s Claude via Bedrock, to securely handle payment and shipping details. While the brand handles fulfillment, customer service, and returns, customers can track their purchases within the Amazon app, representing a narrowly scoped, highly-specialized AI agent doing something useful. Recommended read:
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Allison Siu@NVIDIA Blog
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Amazon is currently testing a new feature called "Buy for Me" within its mobile shopping app. This innovative tool allows users to purchase products from third-party brand websites that are not directly sold by Amazon, all without ever leaving the Amazon app environment. The feature leverages AI agents to seamlessly complete the purchase process on these external sites. "Buy for Me" is in a limited beta release for select iOS and Android users in the U.S.
When a customer searches for an item not available on Amazon, the app will display qualifying products from external brand sites in a dedicated section titled "Shop brand sites directly". Tapping on one of these items opens a product detail page within the Amazon app. From this page, users can select the "Buy for Me" option, granting Amazon permission to complete the transaction. Amazon's AI, combined with Anthropic's Claude, securely enters the payment and shipping information, while the brand handles fulfillment, customer service, and any potential returns. This initiative showcases the potential of narrowly scoped, highly specialized AI agents in providing useful services. It keeps customers within Amazon's ecosystem while extending functionality beyond its own inventory. Retailers can deepen customer engagement, enhance their offerings and maintain a competitive edge in a rapidly shifting digital marketplace by tapping into AI agents. Recommended read:
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