Apple and Google have entered an AI technology partnership reportedly worth as much as US$5 billion, according to industry sources cited by the Financial Times. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that ...

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After launching Voice Typing Dictation on the Mac last month, Speechify is continuing its push to become more than an AI text-to-speech platform. The company today released its Voice AI Assistant on ...

I really like voice assistants, not just because it's my job to like them, but because they're useful for multitasking. And conversational AI is making them much better. At CES 2026, smart home ...

What if you could transform a Raspberry Pi into a multilingual voice assistant capable of delivering weather updates, recommending restaurants, and seamlessly switching languages? In this overview, ...

BMW taps Amazon Alexa to supercharge its Intelligent Personal Assistant, turning your car into a chatty, AI-powered co-pilot starting in 2026. BMW will integrate Amazon’s Alexa+ AI into vehicles, ...

BMW is finally getting the next-generation Alexa voice assistant and it’s coming with a generative AI upgrade. Amazon said Monday that the 2026 BMW iX3 will be equipped with Alexa+, the same ...

Alexa users were flabbergasted after Amazon's AI-powered assistant's voice automatically changed sans their permission -- with many comparing it to an overly talkative "teenage girl." REUTERS Hey ...

OpenAI, the company that developed the models and products associated with ChatGPT, plans to announce a new audio language model in the first quarter of 2026, and that model will be an intentional ...

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has been around for over a decade now. But over the past few years, it’s felt like Amazon was neglecting its digital assistant. In my own home, I found it buggier and ...

Google’s massive project to swap out the trusty old Google Assistant for its smarter AI successor, Gemini, is hitting a slight delay. The transition is definitely still happening, but it won’t be ...

Rivian is rolling out a new AI-powered driving system and hands-free features, plus a paid Autonomy+ subscription starting in 2026 for $2,500 (one-time) or $49.99 (per month). Rivian says its new AI ...