Alexa is moving into Amazon․com
… Along with the main search bar, the Alexa for Shopping assistant will also live in a dedicated Alexa for Shopping chat window. …
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Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
… By asking it to make changes I never bothered to learn how to do myself, the AI assistant shows me where I need to focus on building those skills by explaining its own workings. …
Google Assistant
Google Assistant Google Assistant may have come after Amazon introduced Alexa into the world, but it’s rapidly making up for lost time. The voice assistant from the search giant is available on everything from your phone to headphones, to smart speakers and even TVs. …
The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026
… Universal Cart is launching in Search and Gemini this summer, with YouTube and Gmail coming later. Search your inbox with your voice using Gmail Live Google is expanding Gmail’s already robust search tools with a version of the Gemini Live experience for your inbox. …
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
… But besides integration plans, there’s still the basic problem of the actual AI assistant features that Apple has fallen behind on. …
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
… So, this is Rivian Assistant. I’ve been playing with it for a few days now. What do you think? I had some searching conversations with it, just to push the boundary of what it can do. …
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data
… Gemini’s Deep Research feature can even tap into your emails, Drive, and chats and use them as sources for its reports. …
AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review
… In recent months, AI companies have released a range of “agentic” science assistants capable of analyzing data, generating hypotheses, and writing research papers with a high degree of autonomy. …
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
… The actual dream of AI coffee ordering has been the same for a long time: I want to say “order me coffee,” and my assistant should know exactly what to get me and from where. The tech industry tried this in the era of Google Assistant and Alexa, and they’re trying again in the times of ChatGPT. …
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
… You can sign up here. --- Of course, we also talked about all those search changes, and how it seems obvious that the real future of Google Search is bringing things like the new intelligent search box together with the company’s new Gemini Spark agent platform. …