The Deep View: AI Assistants: getting smarter

Posted on September 10, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

AI ASSISTANTS New AI assistant offers smarter, proactive messaging  


AI startup Interaction has launched an AI assistant for messaging that integrates directly into iMessage and SMS and it’s set to be a game-changer.

What makes it so impressive is that it can actually anticipate what you need before you even ask.

How? It connects to your email, calendar and files to act on your behalf to draft replies, reschedule meetings, book travel, you name it. 

Poke is a different type of AI assistant. While most operate independently in their own apps and can’t access personal information, they are limited to responding in abstract terms, Interaction said in its announcement. To get them to help, you have to copy and paste the information, which means juggling separate apps to use the feature. They also can’t take action across tools.

Poke is a proactive assistant that streamlines all that, giving the user a single space, where it acts as a conversation in your messaging app looking for actionable items.Interaction said beta users, a few thousand, exchanged more than 750,000 messages with Poke, “demonstrating near-perfect retention.” 

Early adopters seem to love it. Here’s a sample of comments from X on Tuesday:“The prompt engineering on this product is unreal. Most human sounding chat bot I’ve used so far.”“This is too good!”“The tone and cadence from @interaction is what @grok wishes it was.”Because Safety is also a top priority, Poke adheres to recognized industry security standards and certifications.The launch wasn’t the only news from the California-based startup. It also announced a $15 million seed round that was led by General Catalyst, Village Global and Earlybird VC, along with angel investors that include founders and execs from big players like PayPal, Google, Coinbase, Dropbox and Vercel. 
The age of the AI assistant is definitely here and is expanding almost daily. The constant influx of new assistants continues to provide users with a range of options for both personal and business use. The launch of an AI assistant that can jump in and proactively help in the day-to-day is the latest evolution of the integration of AI into messaging tools. While it’s not the first time we’ve seen proactive tools, it is a newer approach to how we interact and get things done, allowing for integration into messaging to help manage tasks from your texts. These tools go beyond just responding to a query; they are designed to act on it, assisting as a personal assistant of the past would. While these types of assistants aren’t entirely new, Google, Microsoft, Tencent and Salesforce, among others, have each developed their own versions, this latest launch introduces a fresh approach. By directly integrating with your personal information, Interaction’s Poke assistant offers a unique and streamlined way to help with both personal and professional productivity, a huge value in today’s hectic world.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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