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

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

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Andrej Karpathy built "Dobby," an AI agent that controls his home, hinting at a future where natural language replaces apps

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Originally published on January 04, 2026. Curated by AI News.

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