Category Virtual Assistants

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

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Voice to Desktop, Turning Speech Into a Way to Run AI Agents

ChatGPT Voice arrives in OpenAI’s desktop app, letting users control AI agents and run multi-step tasks hands-free.

Claude voice mode expands to Opus and Sonnet, adds Gmail and Slack access, and rolls out more languages for deeper AI work.

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Health to all eligible U.S. users, raising privacy and safety questions alongside bold clinician-level claims.

Gemini users have surged past 950 million monthly, bringing Google closer to a billion-user AI product and intensifying the ChatGPT race.

Yope raised $12.3M to grow a private social network with no ads or algorithms, targeting close friends, families and younger users.

Samsung’s smart glasses debut with Google AI, four frame designs and a claimed 9-hour battery life ahead of a fall launch.

Halliday smart glasses return with a clearer display, meeting-focused AI, no camera and a $599 preorder price.

X has rebuilt its Android app from scratch, aiming to boost speed, reliability and future features for global users.

Vertu’s $6,880 AI agent phone targets executives with Hermes Agent, but testing found useful features, mixed accuracy and a steep price.

AI transcription is making recording the default, prompting privacy backlash, legal questions and a new etiquette around consent.