Rivian's in-house AI assistant is here. At its Autonomy & AI Day in December, the EV startup announced that the Rivian ...

There have been many attempts at open source AI-powered voice assistants (see Rhasspy, Mycroft and Jasper, to name a few) — all established with the goal of creating privacy-preserving, offline ...

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition is a privacy-focused voice control device for your smart home that can work without an internet connection. (And has some cool wake words). Home Assistant Voice ...

Imagine having a personal assistant who not only listens to your questions but responds with precise, contextually relevant answers in a natural, human-like voice. Whether you’re juggling multiple ...

There’s one big problem: Home Assistant doesn’t yet offer any hardware you can buy and put on your kitchen counter. That’s the gap a curious new project, Willow, aims to fill. It’s a project to ...

Ever wondered how cool it would be to have your own AI assistant that can understand and respond to your voice commands? What if I told you that building such a system is easier than you think? In ...

With AI being all the rage at the moment it’s been somewhat annoying that using a large language model (LLM) without significant amounts of computing power meant surrendering to an online service run ...

OEMs can now highlight specific digital assistants as “optimized” for their Android devices in the default app settings. Google says it created the feature at an OEM’s request so OEMs can recommend ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Despite being one of the most transformative technologies of the last decade, the ultimate smart home has remained but a dream for most ...

After launching Voice Typing Dictation on the Mac last month, Speechify is continuing its push to become more than an AI text-to-speech platform. The company today released its Voice AI Assistant on ...