Ask HN: Does anyone know where to find the story about virtual assistant agents?

I think I read it in a magazine between 5-15 years ago, it was a story about how everyone had their own virtual assistant agents that knew their preferences, and schedule, and other information.

The story I think took place through out the day, the mother had left for work, the father was possibly still at home, dealing with some errands, the virtual assistants were able to talk directly to each other in order to find each other's availability to schedule a common meeting.

Sometimes I think about this story because I think that the internet is becoming hostile to "agents" or virtual assistants, there's no provision for the rights of these agents or bots.

Would be nice to find it again. If anyone knows of this story or similar, I'd appreciate it.

P.S. I feel like the "Agent" terminology was more common at the time of this article, but maybe not.