Meta AI Upgrades Assistant With Task Automation, Pushing Deeper Into Personal AI

Meta Platforms announced a major upgrade to its Meta AI assistant, introducing autonomous task automation and calendar integration aimed at taking on productivity heavyweights OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The overhaul marks a sharp shift in strategy for Meta. While company executives previously emphasized social connection and entertainment over workplace productivity tools, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now positioning this update as a cornerstone of “personal superintelligence”, an AI assistant tha