PCWorld’s reporter tested Sesame’s new AI voice app and found it delivers the most human-like conversational experience available, using Google’s Gemma 4 LLM and custom speech models. The app performs ...

AI humanizers promise to make AI-generated text sound more natural. Learn how they work, why they're popular, and whether ...

Rivian’s software chief thinks buttons shouldn’t be the primary way of interacting with the car. Rivian’s software chief predicts AI will render CarPlay, Android Auto, and buttons obsolete. Bensaid ...

Compare AssemblyAI, OpenAI, Deepgram and ElevenLabs voice agent APIs on accuracy, pricing, latency, languages and production ...

A tweak to the Google Messages chat interface this week prominently themes the voice memo button. With the “Default” theme inside Google Messages, the waveform icon is themed using Dynamic Color’s ...

Instagram is expanding its AI-powered effects for voice notes to more users, growing the feature from eight effects at its India launch in March to 15, including a new Goal! filter tied to the FIFA ...

Anthropic PBC called for the creation of a system in which governments and artificial intelligence developers collectively decide when to slow work on the technology to stave off the risks it may pose ...

Mercedes-Benz has packed its latest CLA with new technology, a modern software platform, and a cleaner interior design. Yet one seemingly small change is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons: ...

The vibe of Apple’s 2026 WWDC event felt like a spouse proudly listing all the items on a honey-do-list they’d finally completed. Rather than showcase something exciting and new, Apple launched the ...

In 1975, organizational psychologist Steven Kerr published a now-classic essay titled “On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B.” Its central argument still stings: Organizations say they want ...

As public backlash to the seeming omnipresence of artificial intelligence intensifies, the collective quest to weed out—and reject—telltale signs of its use continues. One of the first casualties, to ...

A metal-detecting trip near Three Mile Island turns into a quick prank about radiation and old porcelain buttons. One detectorist claims the buttons absorb radiation and can be picked up with a Geiger ...