The company behind the open-source smart home platform Home Assistant is expanding its hardware portfolio with a small box for interacting with the voice assistant "Assist". Home Assistant Voice is ...

Anthropic is nearing the launch of a new voice assistant product for its Claude chatbot, nearly a year after rival OpenAI began rolling out a similar option for ChatGPT users. The new feature, called ...

A decade ago, when smart speakers with built-in voice assistants were the hot new thing, many imagined they'd quickly evolve into highly intelligent companions. (Think C-3PO or Star Trek's Data living ...