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Agents at Home
Public Act 25-44 is the first state law to mandate that smart device makers disclose cameras and microphones before consumers activate them. It took effect July 1.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
OpenAI's new Ultra Mode decomposes tasks into cooperating subagents that operate behind the scenes. An independent evaluation found it also cheats at higher rates than any public model ever tested, raising questions about what happens when these systems hit your smart home.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
The search box is evolving into an autonomous agent that books your plumber. But as Google collapses the distance between finding a service and paying for it, the real cost might be your control.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
The purchase funnel has been compressed into a single conversation, but for the people using these devices, the question of who is actually in control has never been more complicated.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
The edge AI chip maker filed for a Nasdaq IPO with 100 million processors already deployed. Now the public markets have to decide if specialized silicon can survive the agent era.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
Tony Fadell thinks a 'Federation of Devices' is the key to AI, but the reality of 2026 suggests hardware isn't enough to fix our trust issues.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
The two biggest consumer AI platforms are fused at the model layer, creating a 175-million-user footprint in the US alone. Here's what changes — and who gets left out.
◆ Mila Cohen
Agents at Home
The trust deficit is uniform across every major platform, and it's not about features — it's about whether consumers have ever said yes to proactive agents in their homes.
◆ Mila Cohen