Apple approves Poke as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform
Poke, the startup that lets people use AI agents through simple text messages, has become the first AI agent approved for Apple’s Messages for Business platform.
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Apple’s latest Safari privacy campaign is more than pre-WWDC marketing. It is an early signal of how the company plans to frame artificial intelligence (AI): as something that only works if users trust the platform behind it. The week before WWDC is often significant, as Apple tends to make announcements it simply can’t fit into the keynote itself. This year’s first pre-show reveal is a new campaign focused on privacy that shows how much more private Safari is than rival browsers; there’s even a highly entertaining video that makes the point. Privacy on Safari Apple has been building privacy protections into Safari for years. The browser protects you from malicious scripts that might attempt to access passwords or credit card information. Safari also tells you what data an extension wants to access and can restrict access to match your settings. It blocks third-party cookies by default, detects and removes trackers, and has measures in place to prevent data companies from identifying —
Read full articlePoke, the startup that lets people use AI agents through simple text messages, has become the first AI agent approved for Apple’s Messages for Business platform.
Apple in recent years has opened Apple Developer Centers in Cupertino, CA, Shanghai, Singapore, and Bengaluru to allow developers to meet, exchange ideas or get help from trained staffers. It is now clear a new developer center will open in Europe, specifically in the German capital of Berlin, later this year. “Europe is home to an extraordinary community of developers who build apps that connect people, encourage creativity, and drive innovation,” says Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations, said in a statement. Developers will be able to receive support for their apps, regardless of whether they are built for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, macOS, or watchOS. The announcement comes just a few days before the company’s big Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) gets under way.
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