Topic: voice interaction
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Microsoft Rewrites Windows 11 Around AI as Windows 10 Support Ends
Microsoft is integrating AI features like Copilot into Windows 11 for all users as Windows 10 support ends, aiming to drive upgrades and adoption with a major advertising campaign. Voice interaction is a key innovation, allowing users to activate Copilot with "Hey, Copilot" and shift from traditi...
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Organize Your Thoughts by Whispering to This AI Smart Ring
The Stream Ring is an AI-powered smart ring from Sandbar that allows users to discreetly record thoughts and ideas by whispering into their hand, transcribing speech into text without storing audio. It features intuitive controls like a capacitive sensor for immediate recording and silencing, is ...
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Find Your Perfect Fit with Pinterest's New AI Shopping Assistant
Pinterest has launched a conversational AI shopping assistant that uses voice commands to provide personalized recommendations from users' saved content and on-screen items. The assistant operates exclusively through voice interactions, offering audio descriptions of suggestions without an option...
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I rambled at ChatGPT for 10 minutes instead of writing prompts - here's what changed
The author initially believed ChatGPT required perfectly polished prompts, but discovered that rambling freely in voice mode for about ten minutes produced surprisingly insightful responses that identified hidden patterns in their thinking. ChatGPT analyzed the disjointed monologue and revealed t...
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Gemini hits 1B users, becoming Google's fastest-growing product
Gemini has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, becoming the fastest Google product to reach this milestone, with the count based on users actively engaging with the app or web interface. Voice input drives 63% of usage, and 20% of Gemini Live users grant camera or screen access; students ar...
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Spotify adds AI chatbot feature
Spotify is testing a new AI chatbot called "Talk to Spotify" for Premium users, accessible via text or voice on the Home screen and Now Playing view. The chatbot can reference users' personal playlists and saved favorites to offer tailored music, podcast, and audiobook recommendations. This featu...
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Spotify launches ChatGPT-style AI music assistant
Spotify has launched a beta interactive AI music assistant for Premium users in the US, Ireland, and Sweden that functions like a ChatGPT-style chatbot for discovering and controlling audio through natural conversation. The assistant combines Spotify's proprietary AI with models from external pro...
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7 Ways to Master AI So Well People Think You're AI
Being an "AI native" involves staying open to new tools and strategies, such as using voice commands, building sandboxes for safety, and sharing extensive data to personalize outputs. To advance with AI, users should move beyond basic chatbots to more capable agents like Codex or Cowork, and adop...
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How Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Essential Tool
The iOS 27 public beta introduces a fully revamped Siri AI with a chatbot-style app and deeper system integration, marking the first broad public access to the update unveiled at WWDC. Early testing shows Siri AI is genuinely useful for tasks like locating photos, composing texts, and making reco...
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Google AI Removes Filler Words From Transcriptions
Google has upgraded its Gemini Audio capabilities with new Gemini 3.5 models, including the dedicated Transcribe tool and Live variants, which support over 85 languages and specialized jargon recognition. The Gemini 3.5 Transcribe model significantly improves accuracy by allowing natural voice ed...
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Gmail will soon start talking to you
Google is rolling out Gmail Live, an AI-powered voice mode that allows users to interact with their email through spoken commands. The feature can surface specific details from emails, such as event dates and locations, as demonstrated during a press briefing. Gmail Live represents a shift toward...
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Microsoft pledges better Windows 11 performance on 8GB RAM PCs this year
Microsoft's Windows 11 roadmap for the rest of the year focuses on four priorities: faster setup, memory optimization for 8GB RAM systems, improved family features, and more natural voice interactions. The memory optimization effort targets budget laptops with 8GB RAM by reducing the OS footprint...
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Windows Copilot AI Makes Your PC Feel Incompetent
Microsoft promotes Copilot AI as a transformative tool that enables natural voice interaction with devices, promising a future where computers understand and execute tasks seamlessly through advanced AI integration. In reality, Copilot's performance is marked by inaccuracies, slow responses, and ...
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Play Games on Google Play with Gemini AI
Google is integrating its Gemini AI assistant directly into mobile games via an in-game overlay, allowing players to get real-time, voice-activated hints without pausing gameplay. The AI can analyze on-screen action to provide tailored advice, and the overlay will also centralize player profiles,...
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Microsoft Builds In-House AI Models to Break Free from OpenAI
Microsoft has developed two proprietary AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, to diversify its technology and reduce reliance on external partners like OpenAI. MAI-Voice-1 is a speech-generation system for expressive audio, while MAI-1-preview is a large language model optimized for Copilot a...
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AI Companies Seek Improv Actors to Train AI on Human Emotion
Major tech firms are recruiting improv actors to generate specialized training data, aiming to improve AI's understanding of nuanced human emotion and interaction for multimodal systems. This creates a paradox for performers, who are paid for their emotional expertise but often worry they are acc...
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Master the Art of Logging Off: A Simple Guide
Digital saturation makes mastering the art of logging off an essential skill, as constant connectivity and authentication demands often deepen our engagement instead of simplifying life. AI is predicted to transform or replace smartphones, enabling more direct, fluid interactions with technology ...
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LG Unveils New Home Robot That Completes Household Chores
LG is unveiling a new home robot called the CLOiD at CES, featuring a significant evolution in design with two fully articulated, dexterous arms for complex household tasks. The robot's arms have seven degrees of freedom for human-like motion and it is equipped with smart technology, including se...
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Apple Ditches Budget Vision Pro for Meta-Rivaling Smart Glasses
Apple has paused development of a lower-cost Vision Pro headset to focus on creating two types of smart glasses that will compete directly with Meta's Ray-Ban models. The company is accelerating work on an audio-only smart glasses model for 2026-2027 and a display-equipped version, both emphasizi...
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Apple Pauses Vision Pro Lite for Smart Glasses Focus
Apple is accelerating development of smart glasses and has paused work on a more affordable Vision Pro headset, reallocating resources to compete in the smart glasses market. The company plans at least two smart glasses models, including a display-less version for 2027 and an advanced display-equ...
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