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  1. Worth knowing The Verge

    Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter

    This disclosure provides a rare, concrete data point showing that real-world consumer adoption of third-party AI agents for routine tasks like booking rides and ordering food remains extremely low.

    Uber executives revealed during a third-quarter earnings call that third-party AI agents arranged only four rides on its platform last quarter. While AI agents placed slightly more Uber Eats orders—around 500 during the week of Halloween—the volume remains minuscule compared to the 320 million total rides and deliveries.

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Yesterday

2 stories
  1. Worth knowing The Verge

    Apple starts giving Siri AI access to third-party apps

    Opening Siri's agentic capabilities to third-party developers is a major step toward making voice-driven AI actions across apps a standard part of the iOS ecosystem.

    Apple is rolling out an iOS developer preview that allows Siri AI to perform actions across third-party apps using personal context, natural language prompts, and on-screen awareness. The update also introduces an "app skills" feature that lets developers combine multiple tasks into a single action without requiring users to mention the app by name.

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