Instinct joined the chat: The startup is bringing its AI agents to your group DMs
Instinct is adding its personal AI agents to group chats to plan trips and book tickets, raising fresh privacy questions.
TL;DR
- Instinct's AI agent is now integrated into group chats.
- The agent can help coordinate plans, manage logistics, and take actions for multiple users.
- It aims to solve problems like message backlog, conflicting suggestions, and unresponsiveness.
- Use cases include planning trips, organizing carpools, managing fantasy sports, and coordinating events.
- Users' friends do not need an Instinct account to participate.
- Concerns about privacy, security, and inaccurate actions persist, similar to previous Instinct features.
- Instinct has implemented controls, such as requiring personal agents to ask before connecting to group agents, and group agents not having direct access to individual accounts.