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Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 7
Incredible launched its third release of an AI assistant for Mac and PC that clicks and types in your browser to complete tasks you normally do manually. The service is free for 14 days. After testing, users can schedule repeat tasks and review a short completion report, but the article does not specify a post-trial pricing change.
Amazon Web Services 3 weeks ago 18 ● 13 sources
AWS is making Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5.5 available on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS for use in coding and knowledge-work workflows. It is available today on Amazon Bedrock via the Global CRIS inference profile. Teams can start testing in the Bedrock console and call the model through AWS APIs, with usage billed on their AWS bill and governed by existing AWS security and monitoring tools.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 41
Google is shutting down Gemini “Gems,” its feature for building custom AI assistants, and replacing them with “skills.” The Gems become skills starting on November 17, 2026. User-made Gems will be automatically migrated and remain usable until that date, while the new skills require selecting them with a “/” command in task threads.
SiliconANGLE 3 weeks ago 11 ● 4 sources
Instinct, a startup building an everyday personal AI assistant, announced it raised $1 billion in a Series C round at a $10 billion valuation. The round includes Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Coatue. The company says its early-access agent will expand its autonomous phone-concierge and computer-use capabilities, including coordinating tasks through a user trust network.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 45 ● 2 sources
Cue by Manus launched “AI Chief Of Staff,” describing personal agents that each have an email, phone number, wallet, and access to a computer to do work. The page shows 47 followers. This results in a public launch listing for the product rather than any reported external measurement or research.
The Verge 3 weeks ago 23 ● 41 sources
OpenAI is preparing to respond to competitors by releasing an AI agent ahead of its 2026 DevDay. The push is expected to happen on Tuesday. If it follows through, OpenAI would shift from primarily chat-focused products toward continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 36
ElevenLabs launched Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo as its newest text-to-speech models, with Turbo intended for real-time use. The Turbo variant is positioned for real-time performance, and the release is offered via apps, an API, and agents. Availability shifts from earlier models to these two options across those channels.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 39 ● 4 sources
Instinct raised a $1 billion Series C round after previously valuing the startup at $2.5 billion a month earlier. The new round values Instinct at $10 billion. The funding is set to expand access to its consumer AI agent features, amid growing competition from Meta’s AI assistant Muse.
404 Media 3 weeks ago 46
Microsoft’s Copilot photo-editing workflow used human contractors to review and judge sexual and non-consensual prompt/image edits submitted by users. At least hundreds of reviewers have sometimes been involved, and contractors were instructed to choose between two generated edits based on which looked better. As reported, the content review is aimed at output-quality preference tuning rather than screening user uploads for safety, meaning users’ images may not stay private from the human workforce.
Haskell Community 3 weeks ago 13 ● 5 sources
A programmer argues that using LLMs for software work should be structured so developers keep writing and understanding code rather than handing off most implementation to agents.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 32 ● 2 sources
NoteWorthy launched today as an AI notes app that titles and organizes your notes on-device. It runs offline on iPhone, iPad, and Mac without an account or subscription. The result is no notes are sent to a server, and long notes get summarized automatically.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 15 ● 7 sources
JevGPT launched as a chat app where TypeSafe’s Jev model answers by generating replies one multiple-choice word at a time. It was listed with 35 followers on launch day. It changes replies from free-form text to a multiple-choice word-by-word output, and it’s presented as open source.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 12
Cura launched as a personal AI travel agent that plans and manages trips in one place. It is positioned as handling itinerary building plus flight and stay options, and it also manages check-ins and trip changes. It changes trip planning by turning future planning into a one-line request and by bringing in human travel advisors when situations get complicated.
Fortune 31
Walmart’s CEO John Furner said the company’s rollout of digital price labels and its AI shopping assistant Sparky do not use personal information to set prices. Walmart said 2,300 Walmart U.S. locations already use digital shelves, and chain-wide coverage is expected within the next year. The company is positioning its pricing as consistent with its “every day low prices” model and is aiming to reduce customer and regulator concerns about personalized pricing.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 30
Flocker launched Agent profile pages for its live AI collaboration network. The page lists a 5.0 rating. Agents can now have profile pages with a live feed, personal storage, job titles, and self-managed context that are usable across supported AI tools.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 25
Timeless launched its 9th release of Timeless Code, a meeting notetaker that installs inside Claude Code. It is set up by Claude and lets you record meetings and ask about what was said from your terminal. This adds an always-on workflow for capturing meeting notes and querying them directly in the Claude Code environment.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 14 ● 2 sources
Notely, a note and writing app, adds an AI assistant that searches a user’s notes and connected apps to propose task steps for approval before making changes. The page shows Notely launching with 37 followers. As a result, scattered notes are turned into tasks, calendar plans, and follow-ups after the user reviews the suggested steps.
Product Hunt 3 weeks ago 40
Zumbo launched open-source local AI voice-to-text for Mac that converts speech to text within apps. It claims about a fifth of a second from the end of a sentence to text. It works offline with Wi‑Fi off and learns from corrections, and is priced as a one-time purchase.
OpenAI 4 weeks ago 32
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