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Meta's Muse Wonder: What AI Agent Memory Means for You

Meta's Muse Wonder models give its Muse agent months-long memory inside WhatsApp. Here's what that shift means if you run a WhatsApp chatbot of your own.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Character.AI Bankruptcy: What It Means for Your Chatbot

Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 on October 12, 2026, with Disney bidding $20 million for a license to its IP. Here's what the collapse of a hosted AI chatbot vendor means if your business doesn't own the number or the data behind its own bot.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Claude Haiku 5.5: What the Price Cut Means for You

Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts short-prompt pricing up to 90% and adds adjustable effort levels. Here's what actually migrates cleanly for chatbot and WhatsApp automation, and what breaks.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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ChatGPT Intelligent UI: What It Means for Your Chatbot

OpenAI's ChatGPT Intelligent UI turns plain-text answers into buttons, calculators, and charts starting October 7, 2026. Here's what it actually changes if you run a chatbot or WhatsApp flow, and what it doesn't — yet.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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ChatGPT Virtual Try-On: What D2C Brands Should Know

OpenAI's new virtual try-on feature lets ChatGPT shoppers preview clothing on their own body using a selfie. Here's what the October 1 launch actually changes for D2C apparel and accessories brands, and what doesn't.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Decagon's Personal Agent Gateway: What Changes for You

Decagon's new Personal Agent Gateway tries to tell a customer's AI agent from the customer, then gate what it's allowed to do. Here's what it changes, and what it doesn't, for WhatsApp bots and chat flows running at normal SMB volume.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Mercury Voice: What a 320ms AI Phone Agent Changes

Inception Labs' Mercury Voice answers phone calls in a 320ms median, fast enough to feel human and cheap enough to pilot. Here's what it means for your call flow and what we're testing first.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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OpenAI Decisions API: What It Means for Your Chatbot

OpenAI's Decisions API scores chatbot answers in about 150ms instead of generating prose — a first-party answer to the routing/decision-layer pattern teams have been bolting onto WhatsApp bots for months.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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GPT-6 Sol and Luna Pricing: OpenAI Cuts Costs in Half

OpenAI cut GPT-6 Sol and Luna API prices in half on 22 September and claims Sol beats Claude Opus 5 on cost per task. Here's what actually changed, and how we're testing it against real client chatbot logs before touching anything live.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min