Are you a Python coder looking for a simple way to dip your toes into the artificial intelligence waters? A new open source virtual assistant project may be just what you're looking for.

A virtual assistant followed this daily routine to earn $9,000 a month and scale her business to $1.1 million in sales.

What systems have you found helpful when working with a virtual assistant? Dorie Clark is a marketing strategist who teaches at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Rather than plug into an existing system, he rolled his own by combining open source packages for controlling his various smart devices with the aptly named SpeechRecognition library for Python.

By combining the strengths of both human and AI assistants, businesses can achieve a level of efficiency and productivity that was previously unattainable.

Mercedes says its virtual assistant transforms the "car-driver relationship." The artificially intelligent computer KITT from "Knight Rider" could do it all -- drive solo, speak to humans, land ...

Google today said it was unveiling a virtual assistant tool at its annual Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View called Google Assistant. This appears to be similar to what Google Now ...