The cute ‘agents’ Meta and OpenAI want to run your life – and the sinister motive behind them

Tech companies have long claimed that personal agents could be the future of how we interact with computers – and now they are desperately trying to make them adorable

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2026-10-01 08:35 · The Independent Tech
The cute ‘agents’ Meta and OpenAI want to run your life – and the sinister motive behind them

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