voice assistant

With chatbots becoming part of daily life, we look at whether the right to data privacy is being impeded

New language will enable developers to load products with voice skills

Alexa Auto SDK added to GitHub for developers that want a Knight Rider-style car

Attempting to con people into thinking they're talking to a human is Google's dumbest idea yet

CIMON will help astronauts repair parts of the ISS, giving them more time for research

Machine learning firm to make Cortana and Azure Bot Services better at chatting

Developers get more tools to build AI in the cloud and at the edge, plus Microsoft 365 customisation

Workplace customers want less collaboration and more automation

A policing app will send the latest news and pictures of criminals to Amazon Alexa-enabled devices

The service will end on 19 January, although some features will continue through M Suggestions

Voice will be the primary way of interacting with IT systems, predicts CTO Werner Vogels

Digital assistant will use voice commands to perform common tasks in meetings

Voice search has been revealed as one of Gartner’s top tech trends of 2017, but what is it and why will it become so big?

Smartphone users will also rely on their voice and gestures to control their device

The organisation includes Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, but Elon Musk and Apple are both absent

Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer want to revolutionise how we interact with online services

Many view AI as being a knife’s edge away from creepy and, potentially, dangerous. But there is a brighter side…

The startup allows for image processing on-device, without exposing any user data

Tech giant wants to make Siri better than Cortana and Google Now

Facebook launched 'M', its own human-powered personal assistant

The service would form part of the company's iCloud service, but would be powered by Siri