In the 2013 movie Her, a lonely man develops a deep emotional connection with his virtual assistant, Samantha —an advanced AI operating system with a voice, personality, and the ability to learn and ...

As voice recognition and natural language parsing have improved so has the availability of digital personal assistants, from Bixby to Alexa or Cortana to Google Assistant, all the major tech companies ...

Have you ever wished your voice assistant could do more than just set alarms or tell you the weather? Imagine having a digital companion that not only understands your requests but also seamlessly ...

In-car voice assistants sound like cold machines, lacking warmth and personality, and can even be irritating? Data shows that over 60% of car owners are dissatisfied with the current voice assistant ...

Voice assistant technology is evolving rapidly, reshaping how you interact with your devices. With the rise of advanced applications like Perplexity, expectations for voice assistants have grown ...

Alexa+ has been years in the making but this week, the ubiquitous voice assistant received its biggest upgrade since its launch nearly 10 years ago. Through the use of generative AI, it has been ...

Will Apple’s latest Siri update spark a change in the way that AI assistants are often female voices by default? Yesterday (31 March), it was revealed that Apple would no longer set a default voice ...

AI assistants demonstrate tremendous potential across multiple fields, including customer service, workflow automation, data analysis, IT operations, voice systems, and code and content generation.

Sarah Magliocco is a journalist and content creator. Sarah Magliocco explores why nearly all digital voice assistants are programmed with female voices and names, and what this says about gender bias.