Home Assistant users can now integrate local AI-powered voice assistants without complex hardware, using tools like Ollama, Qwen3 models, and wake word detection via old smartphones. This setup allows ...

Apple plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival artificial intelligence (AI) services, moving beyond its partnership with OpenAI, according to Bloomberg and Reuters. Some subscribers prefer to ...

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The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. Wouldn’t it be nice to get an AI assistant purpose-built for voice agent development, turning weeks of ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Google is back with a second big update to Gemini for Home this month that notably improves the voice assistant. There are a number of updates to the Gemini for Home voice assistant today. Google has ...

ICE introduced beta AI voice and chat agents integrated with its MSP servicing platform, plus 16 exception-based automation agents. The tools aim to manage borrower requests, reduce cost per loan ...

Many people buy a sleek smart speaker and end up using it for just three things: checking the weather, playing music, and setting kitchen timers. That mismatch is absurd because this device was never ...

After disrupting nearly every white-collar job, AI is coming for a new career: fast-food restaurant manager. Burger King is debuting a new AI assistant, and is putting a voice AI directly into its ...

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Google Home is getting a set of new premade voice assistant actions. Google calls them pre-defined actions, but the point is, you can skip a lot of the busywork that makes actions in automations a ...