Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled Muse, a personal AI agent that automates tasks such as online shopping, booking appointments, and filling out permission slips, with a US release on Tuesday. The agent, bu…
Emailclaw, an open-source local-first autonomous agent engine, argues that instant messaging channels like Telegram and Slack cause context pollution in AI agents due to flat timelines, and proposes u…
WhatsApp is developing native support for third-party AI agents, allowing select Android users to connect up to five agents via API keys and chat with them in individual chats, as reported by WABetaIn…
6rsh, a WhatsApp for WooCommerce plugin, now offers free abandoned cart recovery on all plans, including the Free tier, targeting GCC e-commerce stores in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the wider Gulf. Th…
ViaSocket launched an AI workflow automation platform that connects Gmail, Instagram, Google Sheets, WhatsApp, Slack, Shopify, and 2,300+ other apps with no code, enabling users to build automations t…
A privacy flaw in WhatsApp's 'create with AI' feature lets anyone view photos on a locked Android phone without unlocking it, affecting OPPO and vivo devices but not Samsung phones. Security researche…
Catch, an AI administrative assistant founded by CEO Nir Sabato and CTO Yoav Ramon, launched with phone calling support and an undisclosed seed round, priced at $99 per month with a 10-day trial. The …
Google is rolling out Battery Usage Summaries to Pixel 10 and later devices, a feature that highlights unusual battery drain and identifies the apps using the most power. The feature, which uses Gemin…
A developer at Vaxyro is building a WhatsApp AI lead qualification system for real estate that goes beyond simple chatbot replies. The system extracts structured sales data from conversations, qualifi…
A security review for August 2026 highlights recurring attacks on management planes, authentication boundaries, and software supply chains, with incidents involving NetScaler, PaperCut, and Gitea lead…
OpenClaw released version 2.0 on August 30, rebuilding its browser interface, simplifying setup, and adding shared sessions for collaborative AI agent use. The open-source project, with roughly 388,00…
A developer built an AI-powered eldercare coordination system for their parents in India, using five agents on Google's ADK and Gemini 3.5 Flash, but the key innovation is a deterministic enforcement …
Famulor published a guide on using AI voice agents to automate event ticket hotlines and attendee support, claiming at least 70% of typical event inquiries can be fully automated. The guide states 40–…
A developer who has built website chatbots reports that most Indian businesses deploy them on their websites, where few customers actually engage, while the real conversations happen on WhatsApp and o…
New York's Division of Consumer Protection issued an AI investment scam warning on Aug. 26 after 144,041 consumers reported losing more than $8 billion in 2025, a 38% increase from 2024, with a median…
A developer built mathondu, an autonomous AI merchant and store factory that uses Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Gemini models to create digital shops, photograph products, compile Android a…
LeapXpert, a governed messaging platform for regulated firms, has raised approximately $180M and sells into financial services, government, pharma, and Fortune 500 enterprises, capturing client conver…
A developer explains why platforms like OpenAI and WhatsApp block virtual phone numbers, detailing how carrier lookup APIs such as Telesign and Twilio Lookup identify VoIP lines in real-time. The post…
A Hacker News user proposed that WhatsApp could automate user chats with Meta AI while preserving privacy by processing queries in a separate container with zero retention, keeping chats on the local …
SellerVai, a platform providing automated sales assistants for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram, has addressed the challenge of message loss during flash sales by decoupling webhook ingestio…