Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT are done waiting for your prompts

Back in January, the viral sensation OpenClaw kicked off the personal AI assistant craze, where you install a team of AI agents on your desktop, give them goals, and set them loose. Fast forward to May and now there’s a new buzzy trend that’s ready to take off: “proactive” AI (i.e., AI agents that go to work without even being asked).

ChatGPT jumped onto the proactive AI bandwagon early, releasing the ChatGPT Pulse feature way back in September 2025. Still in an early preview phase and available only to ChatGPT Pro users on mobile...