Category Virtual Assistants

Updates on virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, and their AI advancements.

Meta Faces New Privacy Lawsuit Over AI Training and Hidden Face-Recognition Work

A new biometric privacy lawsuit accuses Meta of using social photos to train AI and a hidden face-recognition system.

Meta Muse AI can manage email and shopping, but its detailed account insights raise fresh privacy concerns.

Siri AI in iOS 27 adds personal context, on-screen awareness, writing tools and app actions — but only on newer iPhones.

Apple says its new Audio Intelligence features use on-device processing and Secure Exclave hardware to protect privacy without storing raw audio.

Apple Watch AI features add listening and transcription tools, raising new questions about privacy, consent, and always-on wearables.

Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, new Watches, AirPods 5 and a smarter Health app at its fall event.

Microsoft agreed to new school AI privacy rules banning model training on student data and AI companions after major district bans.

Instinct is giving users an AI assistant email address so the agent can manage accounts, messages, and tasks more autonomously.

Shipt launches an AI shopping assistant that builds carts from prompts and photos, joining Instacart, Uber Eats and DoorDash.

Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent with privacy built in, secure payments and cloud task automation across app, web and WhatsApp.