digital assistants

Hey Google, who is the best digital assistant? If you ask your Google Assistant that question, it would be able to immodestly proclaim itself the best — though if it’s being honest, it should give its competitors credit and say they’re pretty good too. Tech venture capital firm...

Beware the sirens. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s Siri and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s Alexa are quieting concerns over robot integration and winning consumers’ welcome. A proliferation of digital assistants corresponded with a marginal increase in American comfort with robots...

It’s possible that thousands of Americans woke today to early morning alarms they don’t remember setting. On Wednesday, South Park proved its cunning once again by using its Season 21 premiere to expose flaws in voice-activated home assistants ━ and have a little fun with its audience...

Ever the extrovert, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to make friends in the Internet of Things world, even blending unlikely social circles with a Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) partnership announced Wednesday. The growing amity between Alexa and Cortana will, by the end of the year...

Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy said in a note on Thursday said he loves what he is seeing in the natural language processing space and the advancements made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). That said, the analyst believes...