The New York Times says Meta's Muse and OpenAI's dots can handle chores like job applications and tough restaurant bookings, which could save you real time.
The New York Times Technology section published a guide to putting AI agents to work on four tasks. Two of them stand out: applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables. The tools it names are Meta's Muse and OpenAI's dots. The Times suggests that once you try them, you may never go back.
Most people know AI as a chat box. You ask a question and it answers. An AI agent goes a step further. It does tasks for you instead of only talking. That means it can take steps on your behalf, such as filling out forms or making a reservation, rather than just telling you how.
Anyone with a long to-do list could be touched by this. Job seekers face piles of repetitive applications. Diners know how hard some tables are to land. Business owners may see a way to hand off small errands and get hours back.
The full article was not available for this report, so the details are thin. The material does not say what the other two tasks are, what the tools cost, or which phones and apps they work on. It also does not say how well they perform in practice.
If you try one of these agents, remember that it acts in your name. Check what it plans to do before it does it.
AI agents can now act for you, not just chat, so let them save you time but review what they do in your name.
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