Instinct 将 AI Agent 引入群聊：未注册好友亦可协作，与 Meta、OpenAI 展开多人协作竞逐

在最新一轮融资中估值已达 100 亿美元的 AI Agent 初创公司 Instinct，正在将其应用场景扩展至群聊领域。该团队于周一宣布，用户将能够把该 Agent 添加到与好友的群聊中，这在旅行规划、抢购活动门票、管理梦幻体育联赛、拼车组织或协调感恩节聚餐分工等特定场景下将十分有用。

该公司表示，值得注意的是，即使群聊中的好友尚未注册 Instinct，该 AI Agent 群聊功能依然可以正常使用。

通过此次发布，Instinct 在与该领域核心竞品（如 Meta 的 Muse）的竞争中占据了先机。Muse 目前尚未提供群聊功能，不过 Meta 较早推出的应用 Meta AI 已经支持添加到 WhatsApp、Messenger、Instagram 和 Facebook 的群聊中。

近期 Instinct 与 Muse 展开了激烈的正面交锋，为了争夺更多消费级 AI 市场份额，两者在过去几周均增加了拨打电话的功能。上周，OpenAI 也上线了 ChatGPT Dots 个人 AI Agent，该 Agent 同样支持在 ChatGPT Spaces 协同工作空间中使用，实现 Dots 与人类的共同协作。

在 X 平台上，Instinct 创始人 Noah Shinn 解释了 Instinct 如何在群聊中处理用户的隐私与安全。他表示，用户的个人 Instinct agent 在与群组 Instinct agent 建立连接之前，会先征得用户许可；同时用户可以自由选择信任哪些群组，并能随时撤销信任。

Shinn 还指出，群组的 Instinct 与用户的个人账户是完全隔离的，群组端无法直接访问个人数据。个人 Agent 在共享信息或执行任何操作之前，都会始终询问并征得用户的同意。

如果有新成员加入群聊，来自用户个人 Instinct agent 的所有待发送回复都会被先行暂扣，经确认后才会共享到群组中。

“和朋友一起制定计划通常会变成围绕时间和地点的令人沮丧的反复扯皮。将 Instinct 引入群聊后，你们可以在同一个对话流中共同探讨方案、达成共识并落实执行。”Shinn 写道。

该功能目前正优先面向 Instinct 的 Early Access 用户推出，并将在“近期”向所有用户开放。想要体验新功能（或近期其他新增特性）的用户，可以直接让自己的 Instinct agent 协助加入候补体验名单。

Instinct, the AI agent now valued at $10 billion as of its latest funding round, is expanding into group chats. The startup announced on Monday that users will be able to add the agent to chats with friends, which could be helpful in certain scenarios like travel planning, snagging event tickets, running fantasy leagues, organizing carpools, or managing who’s bringing what to Thanksgiving.

Notably, the group chats with the AI agent will work even if a user’s friends haven’t joined Instinct, the company said.

With the launch, Instinct moves ahead in its battle with top competitors in the space, like Meta’s Muse. The latter doesn’t yet offer the group chat functionality, though Meta’s older app, Meta AI, can be added to group chats on WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and Facebook.

Instinct and Muse have been running neck and neck recently, with both of them adding the ability to make phone calls over the past couple of weeks, as their agents try to win more of the consumer AI market. Last week, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Dots, personal AI agents that can also be used in ChatGPT Spaces, collaborative workspaces where the Dots and humans work together.

On X, Instinct founder Noah Shinn explained how Instinct handles users’ privacy and security in group chats. He said a user’s personal Instinct agent will ask permission before connecting with the group’s Instinct agent, and that users can also choose which groups they trust and can remove that trust at any time.

Shinn also said the group’s Instinct is siloed from the users’ personal accounts, which it cannot access. The personal agent will always ask the user’s permission before sharing information or taking any action.

If new members join the group chat, any pending replies from a user’s personal Instinct agent are held before those are shared with the group, too.

“Making plans with friends usually turns into a frustrating back-and-forth over times and places. With Instinct in the group, you can explore options together, agree on a plan and get it done, all in one thread,” Shinn wrote.

The feature is rolling out initially to Instinct’s early access users but will expand to all users “soon.” To gain access to the new feature (or other recent additions), users can ask their Instinct agent to put them on the list to try it out.