Alexa tells child to electrocute herself for a challenge
It may sound shocking but who hasn't wanted to do that?
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant recommended to a 10 year-old that she electrocute herself as part of a “challenge”.
Samsung will shut off S-Voice assistant
No one was paying attention
Samsung is shutting off the servers for its S-Voice voice assistant on June 1, 2020, at which point Samsung's original voice assistant will stop attempting to respond to voice queries.
Microsoft teams with Harmon Kardon to create Invoke
Cortana-powered rival to Amazon, Google and Apple home speakers
Microsoft, the so-called fourth major pillar of the information technology software sector - we can discount IBM - has just revealed a first glimpse at its upcoming smart home speaker that will go head to head with competition from Amazon, Google and Apple in the personal digital assistant category later this fall.
Samsung Bixby to fight Siri, Alexa and Assistant
Google assistant look alike for the Galaxy S8
Samsung is only a week away from the official announcement of its Galaxy S8 phone and the company officially shared that the new Samsung devices will get a new intelligent interface. The Korean mobile giant is using a rather questionable name, Bixby.
Starbucks goes mad
Limited rollout for now
Today, Starbucks Ais that it is hopping on the voice assistant bandwagon with the introduction of a virtual barista in its mobile ordering app.
Samsung and Google wage war over "assistants"
Samsung benefits from Siri engineers
If there is one takeaway to learn from recent announcements of smartphone lineups and refreshes, it is that AI-based voice assistants have become a top-valued feature for most serious manufacturers and are expected to gain significant momentum in new devices shipping through at least the next several quarters.
Voice assistants are a priority in smartphone launches
This year, several smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung Electronics, Huawei, LG and Xiaomi are expected to introduce new devices that feature better AI-based assistants in an effort to increase overall market share, according to industry reports.
AT&T customers can now text using Amazon's Alexa
Companies also form retail partnership
This Saturday, American AT&T mobile customers will be able to send text messages at home and in the workplace using Amazon’s cylindrical and hockey puck-shaped Echo devices.