First there were AI chatbots. Now AI assistants can order Ubers and book vacations

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The AI-powered Rabbit R1 device is seen at Rabbit Inc.’s headquarters in Santa Monica, California. The gadget is meant to serve as a personal assistant fulfilling tasks such as ordering food on DoorDash for you, calling an Uber or booking your family’s vacation. Stella Kalinina for NPR

Stella Kalinina for NPR

ChatGPT can give you travel ideas, but it won’t book your flight to Cancún.

Now, artificial intelligence is here to help us scratch items off our to-do lists.

A slate of tech startups are developing products that use AI

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