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Hark releases AI personal assistant Hark Pro with privacy focus
Key points
- Hark Pro is a new AI personal assistant from startup Hark.
- It operates a user's computer, accessing digital life components.
- The service emphasizes privacy and user trust.
- Hark Pro is available for free, with a subscription tier.
Hark Pro Launch
Hark, a startup founded by Brett Adcock, has released Hark Pro, an AI personal assistant. The service is available for free, with a subscription option for heavy users. Hark's objective is to build a user interface for AI, rather than focusing on AGI development.
Functionality and User Experience
Hark Pro is a full-screen application featuring a central chat dialog and a feed of suggested actions. It includes 'panels' for mini-dashboards and custom background imagery. Users configure Hark Pro to access their digital life, including email, calendar, and files, allowing it to automate digital tasks and answer chatbot questions.
The assistant can proactively identify and manage tasks such as expense approvals, email responses, and travel bookings. An example cited was the AI assistant handling a car registration renewal through the California DMV website.
Privacy and Trust Features
A notable design choice in Hark Pro is displaying how the AI agent navigates the web in a small window. This feature, according to Hark's design lead Abidur Chowdhury, is intended to build user trust by making the agent's actions transparent, unlike other AI assistants that perform these actions without surfacing them in the application.
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Hark, a startup, launched Hark Pro, an AI personal assistant designed to operate a user's computer. The service aims to provide a user interface for AI, focusing on digital task automation and user trust.