LINE Yahoo adds Task Function to AI agent Agent i

Agent i has so far been positioned around specific domains — shopping assistance and outing or travel suggestions among them — where it proposes options and answers questions. The Task Function pushes it toward something more active: once a user registers a keyword, Agent i keeps collecting information on that topic and delivers it on the user's own schedule or conditions, rather than waiting for a fresh prompt. Delivery is designed to fit existing habits, surfacing on the Agent i home screen and as push notifications via the Yahoo!JAPAN and LINE apps.

The stated direction is wider than information gathering. LINE Yahoo says it intends to extend the feature to tasks such as store reservations and product purchases, which would move Agent i from telling users what is happening to carrying out the errand itself. It also notes that the tasks users can register will be expanded in stages, so the current scope is a starting point rather than the finished product.

The company frames this as a shift from an "answering AI" to an "acting AI" that autonomously and continuously handles daily tasks. How much of that promise lands may hinge on how well the notification timing matches what users actually wanted, and on whether the later expansions into reservations and purchases arrive as planned. Consumers who already live inside the Yahoo!JAPAN and LINE apps have the least to change to try it.