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Agents · Updated 27 Oct, 03:00 pm IST

WIRED reporter tested six always-on AI agents and found notable improvements

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Why it matters for readers: If you want to pick a personal AI assistant, this comparison highlights practical differences and trade-offs.

  • The reporter set up and tested six always-on agents on an iPhone: Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots, Instinct, Anthropic’s Claude Duet, Google’s Gemini Spark and xAI’s Grok Bot.1
  • The reviewer says always-on AI agents have become noticeably more reliable at completing tasks and controlling a browser compared with last year.1
  • Agents differ in price and function: Muse is free and popular in app charts, while Instinct is free but requires an invite code.1
  • The exercise aimed to help readers know which agent best fits different automation needs by comparing their strengths and weaknesses.1

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