Category Virtual Assistants

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

OpenAI Says a ‘Family of Devices’ Is Coming as It Pushes Chatbots Beyond the Screen

OpenAI hardware is moving ahead as Greg Brockman says the company is building a family of devices for AI chatbots and voice-first use.

Hint launches an AI home assistant co-founded by Martha Stewart to help homeowners manage maintenance, records, insurance and energy use.

Fish Audio raised $50M to expand AI voice models for creators and enterprises, after reaching 8M users and $21M ARR.

Smart rings could be the most practical AI gadget yet, offering discreet dictation, note capture, and voice input without pulling out a phone.

Autonomous Key is a $9 app blocker key that uses NFC to lock distracting apps until you scan it again.

Meta AI assistant now pulls from calendars, drafts briefings and handles recurring tasks, pushing Meta deeper into the AI productivity race.

Midjourney acquisition of Co-Star signals a bigger consumer-app push, bringing the astrology app’s team and 4.3 million users into the AI lab.

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.