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The Personal Agent Protocol would let consumers authorize personal AI agents over OAuth while businesses control what those agents may do. Shopify, Stripe and Walmart are among the partners; a v0.1 spec is due later in October.
Users of Whoop's AI Coach have reported the chatbot citing features and data that don't exist, and one longtime reviewer calls its training advice generic. Independent tests of the band's heart-rate sensor are more positive, and the FDA closed its warning letter over Whoop's blood pressure feature in June.
Butterfly Effect, the parent of AI agent startup Manus, says it has raised more than $500 million led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital. It is the company's first raise since Meta's planned $2 billion acquisition was called off.
Whoop named cardiologist Dr. Ami Bhatt, the inaugural chair of the FDA's Digital Health Advisory Committee, as chief medical officer. The company says she will shape its consumer health strategy as it adds clinician-reviewed blood tests, health-record links and planned in-app clinician consultations.