Category Virtual Assistants

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

TikTok Begins Testing an AI Likeness Detector for Creators

TikTok is testing AI likeness detection for creators, letting them scan for deepfakes and report unauthorized uses of their image.

Apple OpenAI lawsuit escalates the AI rivalry into court as Siri AI debuts, raising stakes over platform control and consumer AI.

OpenAI lawsuit fallout grows as Apple fights over secrets, employees launch a super PAC, and New York moves against data centers.

DoorDash CLI lets AI agents place orders from a terminal, signaling a bigger push into agentic commerce for developers.

1Password’s Claude browser integration lets the AI use saved logins without seeing passwords, improving agent automation while protecting secrets.

The EU’s Google DMA ruling forces Android and Search access changes that could boost AI rivals and reshape competition in Europe.

New research on baby-like AI shows today’s models still struggle to learn from messy real-world data the way infants do.

Rime raised $24M to advance voice AI for enterprise calls, betting on custom training data, lower latency and better pronunciation.

Hinge founder Justin McLeod raised $18M for Overtone, an AI dating startup using voice and curated introductions to challenge swipe apps.

Apple opens its new Siri to public testers in iOS 27, bringing AI-powered assistant features to billions of devices before the September launch.