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A look at AI agents that live in your text messages: Instinct, Caddy, Fambot, and more

All the AI agents that can live in your text messages

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More AI agents are taking tasks and carrying them out directly through messaging channels such as iMessage, RCS, SMS, and WhatsApp, without requiring users to download an app.

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