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LY Corp. is consolidating its AI services under "Agent i" and making them available in Yahoo! Search and LINE.

The service already supports trip planning and message replies, with news summaries, meal planning, stock-trading assistance, and memory features planned next.

For businesses, "Agent i for Business" will be offered free, and a tool for building custom AI agents for stores is slated for summer.