January 24, 2025

✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-01-24

I dive into the latest buzz on Agentic AI and the new releases shaking up the landscape!

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

Techmeme: 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 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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

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 (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

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

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 (Every)

From Every. View the full context on Techmeme.

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