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Instinct Brings AI Agent to Group Chats, Including Friends Without Accounts

Instinct said Monday it will let users add its AI agent to group chats, even with friends who do not have Instinct accounts. The feature is rolling out to early access users first.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-06 04:58

The company said the feature could be used for travel planning, buying event tickets, running fantasy leagues, organizing carpools, or coordinating who brings what to Thanksgiving. Group chats with the AI agent will function even when a user’s friends have not joined Instinct, Instinct said.

The launch puts Instinct further into competition with Meta’s Muse, which does not yet offer group chat functionality, TechCrunch reported. Meta’s older app, Meta AI, can be added to group chats on WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and Facebook. Instinct and Muse have been running close to each other recently, with both adding phone-call capabilities over the past couple of weeks. 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.

Instinct founder Noah Shinn wrote on X that the company has built privacy and security controls for group chats. A user’s personal Instinct agent will ask permission before connecting with the group’s Instinct agent, he said. Users can choose which groups they trust and can remove that trust at any time.

Shinn also said the group Instinct is separated from 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, pending replies from a user’s personal Instinct agent are held before they are shared with the group, according to Shinn.

“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 first to Instinct’s early access users and will expand to all users “soon,” the company said. To get 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.