Popular digital assistants that reply in a woman’s voice and are styled as female helpers are reinforcing sexist stereotypes…
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Apple’s HomeKit was a surprise winner of CES 2019
Without stepping foot in Las Vegas or making a single announcement of its own, Apple is having one of its best CES conferences in years…
Apple’s Siri has gotten a lot more accurate over the past 9 months
We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana…
AI guru John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
Apple today announced that John Giannandrea has been named to the company’s executive team…
The headphone wars have begun
The tech industry defines itself by answering the question of what’s next…
Apple’s Siri improved by 11 percentage points in correct answers over the last 15 months
As part of our ongoing effort to better understand the practical use cases of AI and the emergence of voice as a computing input…
More than 1 in 10 consumers want voice commands for their toilet
Amazon’s recent launch of Echo Show and Fire TV Cube, is in clear response…
Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant
Two more studies analyzing interactions with voice search and virtual assistants were released this week…
Apple needs a new personal assistant
While Apple has solid speaker hardware that has been praised for its sound quality, the HomePod is hampered by Siri…
Hey Apple, it’s time to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’
You don’t have to say “Hey Alexa,” so why do we still have to say “Hey Siri?”
Tim Bajarin: Why Apple needs a ‘HomePod mini’
Apple has some real headwinds when it comes to the HomePod’s ability to gain market share…
Apple HomePod hits 3 percent in U.S. market share
We recently surveyed 520 US consumers about smart speakers and found that 89% of respondents…
Amazon Alexa could make these smart glasses way better than Google Glass
Amazon’s Alexa software has already made its way into just about every Internet-connected device…
Gene Munster ups Siri’s exam grade from ‘D+’ to ‘C’
In our latest 800 question test of AI assistant Siri, she was able to understand…
Vuzix to debut first Amazon Alexa-enabled smart glasses at CES
The first augmented-reality glasses with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be shown…
Apple under fire for Siri’s responses to ‘sexual harassment’
I ran an experiment in which I sexually harassed Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s Google Home…
Believe it or not, Apple’s Siri is actually quite good at lots of things, recent data shows
Siri delivered the highest percentage of perfectly completed device responses in both quiet and noisy environments…
Cornell study: Google AI boasts much higher IQ than Apple’s Siri
Compared to Bing and Siri, Google’s artificial intelligent system is a cut above the competition…
Siri, why have you fallen behind other digital assistants?
Apple has a reputation for entering markets late…
Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana to communicate with each other
The crowded pack of voice-controlled digital assistants…
Apple’s Siri is still the top-ranking personal assistant, but active users declined 15% YOY
The report analyzed mobile app usage of U.S. consumers between May 2016 and May 2017…
Samsung’s Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’ not ready for Galaxy 8 global launch
Samsung has gone to great lengths to position its new Bixby assistant as the automated centerpiece…
Samsung officially unveils its Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’
Apple gave us Siri, Microsoft gave us Cortana, Amazon gave us Alexa, Google gave us, um, Google, and now Samsung…
Apple’s Siri has a huge language advantage
We live on an international planet….
Five years on, why doesn’t Apple’s Siri work better than it does?
There are some fundamental differences between Apple and Google when it comes to privacy…
Mossberg: Why does Apple’s Siri seem so dumb?
In addition to the iPhone, Siri is now on the iPad, and was recently added to the Mac…
Personal assistant bots like Apple’s Siri have a serious problem
A major challenge stands between the dream personal assistant and the current reality…
Tim Bajarin: Siri is crucial to the Apple’s future
Apple has been working on speech and voice AI solutions for decades…
Apple’s Siri feels like a true personal assistant on Macintosh
Siri on the Mac becomes a digital secretary of sorts, fetching relevant files and sending messages…
The time has come to think different about Apple’s Siri
Siri is an invisible operating system poised to propel Apple, and its products, into the future…
Apple’s Siri digital assistant made Cortana look bad at WWDC
Siri upstaged Cortana Monday morning…
97% of iPhone users are too embarrassed to talk to Siri in public
Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and OK Google are all hot names in tech right now…
Apple’s Siri and her many knockoffs: Sassy personality or bland impersonal machines?
When users ask Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, what she likes to drink…
Microsoft CEO embarrassed by Cortana voice command failure during keynote
Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Siri, proves less than helpful during a live presentation…
Here’s how iOS 9’s Siri will push ahead of Google Now and Cortana
Several of Siri’s promised features push the platform ahead of the competition…
Microsoft’s Cortana coming to Apple iPhones this year; requires a Windows 10 PC
Microsoft has confirmed it’s getting ready to make its digital assistant Cortana…
Microsoft to release ‘Cortana’ digital assistant app for Apple iPhone
Microsoft is working on a version of its competitor to Apple’s Siri…
Nope, no ‘HoloLens’ vaporware; Apple is as ‘boring’ as it’s always been
Microsoft last week surprised the tech masses when the company unveiled…
Following Apple’s lead as ever, Microsoft says Windows 10 to be ‘free’ – but only for one year
Microsoft has announced that its next operating system…
Microsoft unveils $199 iOS-compatible fitness band, health app
Microsoft Corp unveiled an activity-tracking wristband and related…
Knowledge Box Shootout: Google Now vs. Apple Siri vs. Microsoft Cortana
All queries in this test were done using voice commands…
‘Cortana,’ Microsoft’s Siri competitor, to be released in April
Following in the footsteps of Siri…