Ask Proxy launches for over-65s: AI help by text, no app

Ask Proxy has launched. It’s an AI text-message assistant built for people 65 and older, and it works inside a phone’s regular messaging app, so there’s no separate app to install.

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You can text Ask Proxy for gift ideas, help planning a trip, or a quick search. There’s no new account to create, and you don’t have to figure out how to write prompts. That matters: 55% of Americans 50 and older have used speech- or text-based automated tools, but by mid-2025 only 10% of adults 65 and older had used ChatGPT.

Because it stays in the default messaging app, Ask Proxy cuts out the extra websites and menus that often frustrate older adults. Experts say that kind of simpler design can make aging in place easier, whether the need is everyday help, reminders, companionship, or answers to some health questions.

If you’re looking for a simpler assistant for yourself or an older relative, Ask Proxy is worth a try. Still, the usual concerns apply: clear disclosure, privacy, accuracy, bias, and protections for vulnerable users all matter, especially as similar senior-focused efforts spread in South Korea, Japan, and Germany.

Ask Proxy runs through a phone’s standard text messaging service, so people use it by sending SMS messages instead of downloading an app.