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Why Shopify's AI Assistant could transform UX, NotebookLM's new superpowers, Microsoft's "agentic web"
- Shopify introduced new AI features as part of its biannual Editions, with its AI Assistant, Sidekick, gaining new capabilities like voice chat for troubleshooting and onboarding.
- Google announced impressive AI updates at I/O, including customizable avatars in Workspace, real-time speech translation, and the Stitch coding/design tool.
- Microsoft discussed the 'agentic web' vision at its event, unveiling GitHub's new Coding Agent that can handle coding tasks autonomously with positive early reviews from engineers.
- OpenAI previewed its new AI agent Codex, while Klarna's CEO experimented with AI avatars in earnings calls.
- AI's impact on SEO led to lower click-through rates for Mail Online, and Stack Overflow experienced a significant traffic decline due to AI.
- Apple delayed the rollout of AI Siri, OpenAI acquired Jony Ive's design firm, and a startup founder proposed allowing cheating in interviews in the AI age.
- Statistics showed a rise in brain-computer interface users, while the unemployment rate for recent graduates increased due to evaporating entry-level tech job opportunities.
- Product teams can explore new tools like Prism for session replays, BnbIcons for icon generation, and Propolis for QA testing with autonomous browser agents.
- Recommended reads cover topics such as AI consumer types, product strategy, generative AI disruption, AI's impact on the web, and button state design.
- To stay informed, product teams can access data on Google's AI Overviews' CTR impact, UK streamers' preferences, technology job market trends, and the rise of brain-computer interfaces.
- The tech landscape is evolving with developments like AI job interviewers, industry reports influencing content monetization, and the growing interest in free ad-supported content and FAST services.
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