AI prompts a memory-chip boom — and electronics inflation. Get used to it.

Google’s going to the movies, as it invested $75 million in the hot indie studio A24, along with a pledge to provide AI to ...
HackerNoon

Voice agent APIs in 2026, compared: which one actually hears your users?

Compare AssemblyAI, OpenAI, Deepgram and ElevenLabs voice agent APIs on accuracy, pricing, latency, languages and production ...
New Atlas

Domesticating AI – It's not coming, it's already here

During a recent conversation with a diving buddy, he pulled out his phone mid conversation and said "Hey Grok, show me that dive computer we were talking about this morning." And yes, it's $580 worth ...
TweakTown

Windows 11 already has a voice typing tool, and it is the one most people are not using

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Ask most people using Windows about voice control, and they'll picture the accessibility tool that reads commands aloud and moves a cursor around the ...
CNET

Siri AI Is the Apple Voice Assistant Revamp We've All Been Waiting For

Apple unveiled its new Siri at WWDC 2026. It's more capable and more conversational and comes with its own dedicated app. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET ...
Ars Technica

Say hi to “Siri AI"—Apple announces new, more “conversational” voice assistant

Today at its pre-filmed Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple was finally prepared to fully introduce the long-delayed “Apple Intelligence” update for its Siri voice assistant. The new “Siri ...
CNN

AI ‘voice cloning’ scams are on the rise. Here’s how to protect yourself

A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial ...
Electrek

Rivian rolls out ‘Hey Rivian’ AI assistant with full vehicle control

Rivian is rolling out its new AI-powered voice assistant to all Gen 1 and Gen 2 R1 owners as part of its latest over-the-air software update. The feature, activated by saying “Hey Rivian” or holding ...
Engadget

Rivian is rolling out its AI-powered voice assistant

Rivian is rolling out its AI-powered in-vehicle voice assistant with the automaker's latest software update. It will be available to all Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners paying for the company's Connect+ ...
Reuters

Journalists sue Google for allegedly using their voices in AI training

May 12 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab has been sued by a group of award-winning journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators in Illinois federal court for allegedly misusing recordings ...
Motor Trend

“Rivian Assistant” Promises to be the Best Voice Control System in a Car Yet

Voice control has been around in cars forever, and digital assistants are hardly new. Rivian Assistant, though, is promising to be a new kind of both that not only talks to you conversationally but ...