The Today Blog
Announcements, product notes and field stories from the team building Today — the personal AI with a living memory of your life. 26 stories so far.
Guide · 11 min
AI Agent Memory: What Should a Personal Agent Remember? | Today
Learn what an AI personal agent should remember, what it should let expire, and which controls make long-term memory useful without turning it into a permanent dossier.
Guide · 13 min
AI Agent Privacy: Email, Calendar and Permission Risks | Today
Learn how to evaluate AI agent access to email and calendars, from read and send permissions to approvals, audit logs, revocation, deletion and prompt injection.
Guide · 11 min
The Personal Agent Landscape: Apps, Assistants and Agent Teams | Today
Personal agents now appear as apps, phone-based assistants, cloud computers and agent teams. See why their interfaces differ while their core capabilities converge.
Guide · 12 min
Why AI Agents Need Their Own Cloud Computers | Today
Dots, Grok Bot, Muse and Cue all give AI agents a computer in the cloud. Here is why persistent execution matters, how the designs differ and what users should check before granting access.
Guide · 12 min
OpenAI Dots: What the Always-On Personal Agent Can Do | Today
OpenAI Dots are always-on agents with cloud computers, app connections, proactive work and approval controls. Here is what is live, what is planned, and how Dots compare with Today.
Guide · 11 min
Manus Cue: Personal AI Agents With Their Own Identity | Today
Manus Cue gives personal agents their own email, phone number, wallet and computer. Here is what is available, why identity matters, and how Cue compares with Grok Bot, Dots and Today.
Guide · 12 min
Grok Bot: How xAI’s Always-On AI Teammates Work | Today
Grok Bot gives named AI teammates a persistent cloud computer, memory, tools and routines. Here is how it works, where it differs from Dots and Cue, and what remains unproven.
Guide · 14 min
12 Personal AI Agent Use Cases That Go Beyond Chat | Today
Explore 12 practical personal AI agent use cases for work and everyday life, plus a framework for deciding what to delegate, what to approve and what to keep human.
Guide · 7 min
AI Email and Calendar Assistant: Reschedule Carefully | Today
Use an AI assistant to move from a scheduling email to a confirmed calendar update, checking proposed times, time zones, permissions and the final result.
Guide · 7 min
Meeting Notes to Action Items: A Follow-Up Guide | Today
Turn meeting notes into action items without inventing commitments. Work through owners, deadlines, open questions and a follow-up email with a clear example.
Guide · 7 min
AI Daily Briefing: Plan a Day You Can Actually Follow | Today
Design an AI daily briefing around changed plans, real priorities and missing information, with a sample brief and a reusable instruction you can adapt.
Guide · 7 min
AI Personal Assistant: How to Start Using One | Today
Learn how to use AI as a personal assistant with a clear task brief, limited context, reviewable output and a practical first-week routine.
Guide · 10 min
Gemini as a Personal Assistant: What It Does Well | Today
A 2026 review of Gemini as a personal assistant — Calendar, Scheduled Actions, Personal Intelligence, Agent Mode — and when a dedicated agent fits better.
Guide · 13 min
Best AI Personal Assistants: 10 Apps, 5 Axes, Zero Hype | Today
Ten AI personal assistants ranked on one transparent five-axis scorecard covering memory, proactivity, execution, reach and value, with honest limits for each.
Product · 11 min
Today Assistant Benchmark: 12 Scores, 3 Questions | Today
Today is publishing its own benchmark for consumer AI assistants: 12 dimensions across three questions, five scoring rules, and scores instead of rankings.
Guide · 10 min
Meeting Transcription Accuracy: CER Explained | Today
What CER and WER actually measure, why error rates decide whether AI meeting notes can be trusted, and how to judge any transcription tool yourself.
Guide · 10 min
AI Assistant Benchmarks Explained: GAIA & tau-bench | Today
What GAIA, tau-bench and assistantbenchmark.com actually measure, which AI assistant benchmark scores you can trust, and how to read any leaderboard.
Product · 11 min
Today Recording: Notes That Know What You Mean | Today
Today Recording pairs your meetings with the memory Today holds, so summaries name the project, the people and what changed — and follow-ups stay in place.
Guide · 11 min
Meta Muse: Inside Meta's Personal AI Agent | Today
Meta Muse is a free personal AI agent that shops, books travel and sends email inside a secure VM. How it works, what it costs, and how it compares to Today.
Guide · 10 min
Instinct AI: The No-App Assistant and How It Works | Today
Instinct is an invite-only AI assistant you reach by text or phone call — no app to learn. How it works, why access is limited, and when Today fits better.
Guide · 11 min
Town AI: The Email-Native Assistant, Reviewed | Today
Town AI is an email-native assistant that learns how you work. How its Townie works, what the plans cost, and when a whole-life assistant fits better.
Comparison · 14 min
Personal Agent vs Work Agent: Which Fits Your Week | Today
AI personal agent vs work agent: compare living memory and whole-day continuity with Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Work, and workspace agents—then choose wisely.
Comparison · 13 min
Assistant vs Agent: The Three-Axis Comparison | Today
Compare AI personal assistant vs AI personal agent on memory, proactivity, and execution. See when a classic assistant fits—and when you need continuity.
Guide · 10 min
AI Personal Agent: Remembers Your Life, Acts Before You Ask | Today
An AI personal agent keeps living memory, acts before you ask, and executes with your confirmation—not just chat. How it differs from assistants.
Product · 14 min
Today: The AI Personal Agent for Your Whole Day
Today is an AI personal agent with living memory—it remembers your life, notices changes, and acts before you ask. Free on Mac, iOS, and Android.
Insights · 7 min
Why We Built Today: Memory, Initiative, Execution | Today
Founder Junyuan on why Today is an AI personal agent—not another chatbot—and why memory, proactivity, and long arcs matter more than inbox speed.
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