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- 1Study examines privacy risks of conversational AI agents●A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]
A research paper analysing the privacy practices of web and mobile conversational AI agents is drawing attention. The work, titled 'Prompt Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Tracker', examines how popular AI chatbots and assistants collect, share and expose user data across platforms, renewing debate over how much personal information people hand to AI tools and how transparent those services really are.
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Developer Corey Haines released an open-source collection of marketing skills for Claude Code and other AI agents, covering conversion rate optimization, copywriting, SEO, analytics, and growth engineering. The JavaScript-based repository lets developers plug marketing expertise directly into their AI coding assistants, and it is drawing attention from developers looking to automate growth work alongside programming tasks.
- 3Users Compare OpenAI Dots, Meta Muse and Grok Bot Agents●Users Compare OpenAI Dots, Meta Muse, and Grok Bot Agents
Tech users are weighing three AI agent offerings against each other: OpenAI's Dots, Meta's Muse, and xAI's Grok bot agents. Discussion centres on how the three compare on capabilities, responsiveness and everyday usefulness, with people sharing impressions of which assistant handles tasks best. The conversation reflects growing public interest in autonomous AI agents as major labs race to ship consumer-facing assistant products.
- 4UC Santa Cruz's Adam Smith on local small language models●Adam Smith from UC Santa Cruz joins us to discuss local Small Language Models (SLMs) and building open, autonomous tools
Adam Smith of UC Santa Cruz is discussing the case for running small language models locally rather than relying on large cloud providers. He presents BayLeaf AI, described as a counterplatform, along with the concept of "transagency" — a human-agent collaboration model he likens to the relationship between a driver and a car. The conversation also covers context distillation and practical approaches to building open, autonomous AI tools that users control themselves.
- 5AI agents reach their 'Spotify moment' in travel▼AI agents are having their 'Spotify moment': Why travel needs to take note
Industry commentary argues AI agents are entering a breakthrough phase comparable to the moment Spotify transformed music consumption, and that the travel sector should prepare for the shift. The piece suggests automated, conversational agents could change how travellers search, book and manage trips, and warns companies that fail to adapt risk being left behind as the technology matures.
Repos
- coreyhaines31/marketingskills Marketing skills for Claude Code and AI agents. CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, and growth engineering.
- vectorize-io/hindsight Hindsight: Agent Memory That Learns
- tursomari/machtiani Empowering users.