Apple unveiled its new Siri at WWDC 2026. It's more capable and more conversational and comes with its own dedicated app. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET ...

Today at its pre-filmed Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple was finally prepared to fully introduce the long-delayed “Apple Intelligence” update for its Siri voice assistant. The new “Siri ...

Rivian is rolling out its new AI-powered voice assistant to all Gen 1 and Gen 2 R1 owners as part of its latest over-the-air software update. The feature, activated by saying “Hey Rivian” or holding ...

Rivian is rolling out its AI-powered in-vehicle voice assistant with the automaker's latest software update. It will be available to all Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners paying for the company's Connect+ ...

Voice control has been around in cars forever, and digital assistants are hardly new. Rivian Assistant, though, is promising to be a new kind of both that not only talks to you conversationally but ...

Google launched its big AI-fueled redesign of Google Home late last year, and it has been adding features here and there ever since. Today, the company announced a bigger update that might take care ...

OpenAI Group PBC today quietly updated its Codex programming assistant with a feature that enables users to create custom plug-ins. The launch comes about five months after rival Anthropic PBC ...

Many people buy a sleek smart speaker and end up using it for just three things: checking the weather, playing music, and setting kitchen timers. That mismatch is absurd because this device was never ...

Update, 2:09 p.m. ET: Speechify also launched a ChatGPT integration today. See new details below. Speechify’s AI Voice Assistant can now sound like celebrities, including Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow, ...

Google to Pay $68 Million to Settle Voice Assistant Snooping Claims The lawsuit dates back to 2021 and stems from a 2019 news story from Belgium's VRT NWS that said the Google Assistant was recording ...

What just happened? Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing its voice assistant of unlawfully recording private conversations and sharing them in ways that may ...