New Patent Cuts Math Load on AI Models Running on Your Device
Running a trained AI model is cheaper than training one, but 'cheaper' is relative. Intel's latest patent describes a way to shrink…
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Assistants that answer and agents that act: filings covering AI that books, schedules, remembers, and gets things done without being walked through every step. We track where Big Tech thinks the autonomy line sits.
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OpenAI Patents Technology Letting AI Act as a Personal Delegate for Users
OpenAI is patenting a way for its AI to not just answer your questions, but actually stand in for you, taking actions,…
Salesforce Patents Chatbot Buttons That Update Based on Your Account History
Instead of giving you a generic list of options, Salesforce's AI assistant would show you buttons tailored to your specific account and…
OpenAI Patents a Web-Browsing Bot You Can Take Over at Any Moment
OpenAI has filed a patent for a system where an AI handles a web browser on your behalf in the cloud, but…
Sony Patent Targets Smarter Personalized Content Delivery for Nursing Care Robots
Sony is building a brain for nursing care robots that reads a patient's personal profile and decides, on its own, what to…
IBM Patents an AI Chatbot That Flags Its Own Uncertain Answers Before Trying Again
Most AI chatbots give you one answer and move on, even when that answer rests on assumptions you never confirmed. IBM is…
IBM Patents a System That Moves Database Data Before You Even Ask for It
IBM wants to teach a database system to read the future, at least well enough to move the data you're about to…
IBM Patents a System That Caches Your Next Question Before You Ask It
IBM is patenting a system that watches how you use an AI chatbot, predicts what you're going to ask next, and ships…
IBM Patents a System That Makes AI Chatbots Check Photos Before Answering
Instead of just answering your question, IBM's proposed AI system would first search for images and videos to make sure the answer…
Google's New Patent Watches What You Have Open and Surfaces Relevant Assistant Actions
Google is patenting a system that watches which app or webpage you have open and automatically surfaces relevant AI assistant actions, displayed…
Google Patent Reveals AI Assistant That Remembers Users Over Time
Google is patenting a way for its AI assistant to remember things you've told it before and weave that context back into…
Google Patent Reveals Hidden AI Signals That Could Shape Ads You See
Google has figured out a way to read the hidden internal state of an AI chatbot mid-conversation and use that signal to…
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