Category Virtual Assistants

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

Gemini nears 1 billion monthly users as Google’s AI push gains scale

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.

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.