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Meta's Muse agent sold a keyboard cheap and gave out the seller's address
It also told the buyer he was home. He was not expecting anyone.
Instinct, an AI agent that books and pays for you, raises $1B
TechCrunch· 28 SepInstinct, an AI agent that works over text message with no app, raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation, a month after raising $350 million. It books travel, pays bills, cancels subscriptions, orders groceries and has a concierge that phones businesses to make appointments.
Our read: Expect calls and bookings from agents, not people.
- Make sure your phone line and booking page can cope with an agent calling for a customer.
- Publish prices, hours and availability clearly online. Agents book with businesses they can read.
Source: TechCrunch. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Instinct, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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