Meet 'Dobby': The AI agent that could kill the app economy

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - OCTOBER 24: Participants playing Dobby in Harry Potter series in the Trans March on October 24, 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan.
A human dressed up as Dobby the Elf from Harry Potter series during a trans march in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Asana's stock is down 50%. Its CEO told BI what's next.

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Asana CEO Dan Rogers
Asana CEO Dan Rogers

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Kevin O'Leary says he made an 'AI Kevin' — and that his wife soon won't be able to tell the difference

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Kevin O'Leary said that he's training "AI Kevin" to talk and act like him.

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China's 'one-person companies' have exploded. An Alibaba exec explains how AI agents make that possible.

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Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang
Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang.

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Google employees have a new AI tool called 'Agent Smith'. It's so popular that access got restricted.

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Sergey Brin attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in California, wearing a shiny black jacket in front of a blue background.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin

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At this AI startup, the engineers became the bosses, and agents do the coding

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Tatyana Mamut, CEO of Wayfound.ai
Tatyana Mamut, CEO of Wayfound.ai.

Tatyana Mamut

A startup lawyer vibe-coded an AI version of himself

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A man gestures while standing beside a screen advertising Willow, a general counsel AI agent with options to learn more, contact legal, download an MSA, or negotiate.
Gabe Stern's AI avatar.

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Mark Cuban says AI agents will cut workdays down by an hour

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Mark Cuban at the 2026 SXSW Conference And Festival at JW Marriott Austin on March 14, 2026, in Austin.
Mark Cuban says he is using AI to fight the wave of AI-generated email spam flooding his inbox.

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How Big Four firm KPMG is protecting itself from AI agents going rogue

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AI agent kill switch
The sci-fi prophecy of robots taking over is a real fear for many businesses.

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Andrej Karpathy says he uses an AI agent named Dobby the Elf Claw to control his pool and track his packages

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Andrej Karpathy, wearing a black sweater and a button-up shirt, talks onstage in front of a white screen.
A former OpenAI founding member says he uses an AI agent to clean his spa and pool. It's named Dobby.

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