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How A.I. Agents Are Going to Transform Our Lives | Hard Fork

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How A.I. Agents Are Going to Transform Our Lives | Hard Fork

New York Times tech reporters on what living with the new personal agents from OpenAI and Meta is like.

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The question it answers

  1. What should I hand to an AI agent, and what should I keep doing myself?

Read with it

  1. Mollick's way to decide when to delegate (your time against the time to brief and check) and the six questions a good brief... oneusefulthing.org Article Management as AI superpower Ethan Mollick (One Useful Thing)
  2. Sets out four moments an agent should come back to a person: approval, expertise, a fresh view, and decisions worth making... oneusefulthing.org Article Agency and Agents Ethan Mollick (One Useful Thing)
  3. Lists what a dot may do alone, what needs your approval each time, and what it must hand back to you, such as moving money. openai.com Article How we build safety, security, and privacy into dots OpenAI
  4. Google's guide to tasks in Gemini: who can use them, how its local and remote browsers work, and how to take over. support.google.com Guide Manage your tasks & workflows in Gemini Apps Google Gemini Help
  5. Podcast OpenAI's Dots lead on the future of ChatGPT Sources Podcast (Alex Heath)
  6. Survey data on how many people have tried agents, which accounts they connect and how much agent users spend. menlovc.com Article 2026: The State of Consumer AI Menlo Ventures
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