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CNBC

Samsung this month released the Galaxy Ring, the South Korean tech giant’s first foray into smart rings. The $399 device has sensors that can track various health metrics like sleep quality linking up with Samsung’s smartphones and smartwatch.

CNET

Do you ever find yourself speaking to Alexa or Siri just to have someone to talk to? Then you might be the right audience for an upcoming AI-powered necklace called friend (lowercase “F” is their style), an always-listening pendant.

CNBC

The AI startup, which aims to compete with Google, raised funding in April at a valuation exceeding $1 billion — doubling its valuation from three months before.

CNN

But the rollout of a more advanced voice mode could mark a major turning point for OpenAI, transforming what was already a significant AI chatbot into something more akin to a virtual, personal assistant that users can engage in natural, spoken …

The Washington Post

OpenAI in May showed off the conversational voice mode, which can detect different tones of voice and respond to being interrupted, much like a human. But some researchers quickly criticized the company for showing off an artificial …

Inc.com

When Apple introduced updates to its operating systems at WWDC this summer, the only thing anyone wanted to know was what Apple had planned for artificial intelligence. The iPhone maker was generally considered to be far behind competitors like Google, …

The Verge

“You can no longer interact with AI characters embodied by celebrities,” Meta spokesperson Liz Sweeney says to The Verge. “We took a lot of learnings from building them and Meta AI to understand how people can use AIs to connect and create in unique ways.

BBC News

A council says its new Artificial Intelligence (AI) phone assistant will allow it to help more people, as customers can make queries without having to speak to a member of staff. Ask Tom was created at Telford and Wrekin Council in 2021, …

Inc.com

It allows users to engage in human-like voice conversations with an AI assistant powered by GPT-4o, the AI unicorn’s most advanced model. The new mode will gradually roll out to paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers over the next few months.

MIT Technology Review

The new chatbot represents OpenAI’s push into a new generation of AI-powered voice assistants in the vein of Siri and Alexa, but with far more capabilities to enable more natural, fluent conversations. It is a step in the march to more fully capable AI …