Category Virtual Assistants

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

Wispr Flow’s AI Notetaker Pushes Meeting Recording Into the Mainstream

Wispr Flow launches an AI notetaker for Mac, pushing into meeting transcription with summaries, search, and new consent questions.

Apple’s Siri AI has finally arrived in iOS 27 beta with personal context and better answers, but the broader AI race has already moved on.

AI drive-thru systems are expanding at Taco Bell, Dairy Queen and others as fast food moves beyond early ordering failures.

Sam Altman’s ChatGPT parenting pitch drew mockery, raising fresh questions about AI, family life, and safety.

Smallest.ai raised $13M to build voice AI that sounds human in real time, using a small model plus an LLM fallback.

Friend’s AI wearable returns with a voice, a new pitch and a $249 price tag, raising fresh questions about AI companionship.

Friend relaunches its AI pendant with a speaker and a $249 price tag, reviving debate over AI companionship and wearable tech.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts personal AI agents will reach billions in five years, even as cash flow falls and spending surges.

Microsoft confirmed a Copilot super app that will merge chat, coding and agents later this year, signaling a bigger AI platform push.

Meta is preparing a big push into personal AI agents, with Zuckerberg saying the tools could become the company’s next growth engine.