How do you chose a name for your AI agent? We have GPT-40, Project Astra, and Auto-GPT. Then there is JAX, Intuit Assist, and Sage Intaact Essentials.
But do these agent’s feel like they are team members? Not really, and that’s why calling the agent by a human-like personal name has been a long-standing trend. Think Anthropic’ s Claude, or Amazon’s Alexa here.
Well, we discovered that Apron is launching its new AI agent, and it is called William!
Designed to 10x your work efficiency William has been built to proactively search client emails for missing documents, before publishing for review.
Grok told us that using real names helps lower the psychological barrier to using AI regularly – people can talk to “William” or “Claude” more naturally than “AI Assistant v4.2V”. The AI explained it’s especially popular in agentic workflows where AI acts autonomously like a virtual employee.
Other notable or historic AI names include Watson, Amelia Sophia, Erica, Amy, Jibo, Buddy, Cortana, Siri, and Ernest.
