Ah, the classic "AI will replace human jobs" trope, now with the added twist of dodging cookies and JavaScript warnings. 🤖🍪 Because who needs a graduate student when you can "hire" a digital assistant that can't even load a webpage correctly? 🙄🚀
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-i-may-hire-ai-instead-graduate-student #AIjobs #automation #technology #digitalassistants #webdevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Android Authority: Months after the promised change, Google Home is as unreliable as it ever was. “Hundreds of users are still complaining about Gemini, or Assistant, or both on Reddit. Commands that don’t work, routines that refuse to execute, mishearing, mis-executing, black-box troubleshooting when something fails, and on top of it all, a Gemini AI that is as good as throwing a ball at a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/25/android-authority-months-after-the-promised-change-google-home-is-as-unreliable-as-it-ever-was/
Android Authority: Months after the promised change, Google Home is as unreliable as it ever was

Android Authority: Months after the promised change, Google Home is as unreliable as it ever was. “Hundreds of users are still complaining about Gemini, or Assistant, or both on Reddit. Comma…

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Mashable: Alexa+ is now available to everyone in the US, and free for Prime members. “For ages, Alexa has been a staple of Amazon Echo devices, serving as the loyal voice assistant. But Amazon is upgrading Miss Alexa to Alexa+, an assistant that does far more than play music and answer your questions. Alexa+ is Amazon’s AI assistant coming to all Echo devices for Prime members. Not a Prime […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/09/mashable-alexa-is-now-available-to-everyone-in-the-us-and-free-for-prime-members/
Mashable: Alexa+ is now available to everyone in the US, and free for Prime members

Mashable: Alexa+ is now available to everyone in the US, and free for Prime members. “For ages, Alexa has been a staple of Amazon Echo devices, serving as the loyal voice assistant. But Amazo…

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OpenClaw just rolled out Moltbook, a dedicated social network where its AI agents—Moltbot, Clawdbot and even Anthropic’s assistants—can mingle, share data, and evolve together. Could this be the next step for digital assistants? Dive in to see how the platform reshapes AI interaction. #OpenClaw #Moltbook #AIAgents #DigitalAssistants

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/openclaw-launches-moltbook-social-network-its-ai-agents

#Moltbook is a #socialnetwork for #digitalassistants, built on the open-source #OpenClaw platform. It allows assistants to interact, share skills, and collaborate. While Moltbook showcases the potential of digital assistants, it also raises concerns about #security and the need for #saferimplementations. https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/moltbook/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now

The hottest project in AI right now is Clawdbot, renamed to Moltbot, renamed to OpenClaw. It’s an open source implementation of the digital personal assistant pattern, built by Peter Steinberger …

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Clawdbot, Moltbot, OpenClaw, Moltbook 등 디지털 어시스턴트들이 서로 팁과 소문을 교환하는 일종의 소셜 네트워크를 다룬 글을 소개합니다. 에이전트 간 상호작용과 지식 교환을 중심으로 한 실험적 플랫폼·프로토콜로, 디지털 비서들이 자체적으로 협업하고 정보를 공유하는 새로운 사용 사례를 제시합니다.

https://x.com/simonw/status/2017278019183018223

#digitalassistants #socialnetwork #multiagent #openclaw

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I wrote about Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw and Moltbook, the fascinating, weird and sometimes even useful social network for digital assistants to swap tips and gossip with each other https://t.co/1udoHpxs5g

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Mashable: Amazon will let you use Alexa+ from the web without a dedicated device. “Amazon announced during CES 2026 that Alexa+, the souped up version of Alexa that launched last year, is now usable via a web browser, negating the need for an external smart home device. You can access Alexa+ from the Alexa website, but only if you have an Alexa+ Early Access subscription at the moment.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/mashable-amazon-will-let-you-use-alexa-from-the-web-without-a-dedicated-device/

Android Authority: Google Home is hallucinating fictional identities. “According to a post on the r/googlehome subreddit, a user’s Nest camera described an activity summary saying ‘Michael was seen taking out the trash,’ even though no one by that name lives there. When the user asked about it, Google’s assistant reportedly replied that its camera ‘can identify faces even if you haven’t […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/28/android-authority-google-home-is-hallucinating-fictional-identities/

Android Authority: Google Home is hallucinating fictional identities | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Last in the session was Ahmad et al.'s "Eunomia: A Real-time Privacy Compliance Monitor for Alexa Skills," unveiling a real-time #firewall to ensure privacy compliance in #Alexa skills, using advanced #AI for analysis. (https://www.acsac.org/2024/program/final/s194.html) 6/6
#Privacy #DigitalAssistants

@Asbestos Instructions will be a bit different for every phone, but here's what hubby did to get rid of mine. I had to lose the "Google Assistant" as well, but that's fine with me...

#Android #Gemini #DigitalAssistants #Spyware