Earlier today, a startup called Siri that wants to bring virtual assistants to the iPhone came out of stealth. Siri brings a very advanced collection of technologies (speech recognition, natural ...

Siri made the world aware of the potential of virtual assistants, but several years after its release, it's still a bit basic. Siri can only do certain very specific tasks, and she doesn't play ...

The AI startup Viv wowed the world with a virtual assistant that handles speech requests (and Siri continues to wow exactly nobody). Talla's demo video is not likely to go viral.

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 ...

Nubli hopes to organize your inbox in a way that a good assistant would. It creates a virtual assistant that learns your priorities, preferences, and work flow habits.

I hired a virtual assistant after I realized how overwhelmed I was with work. Asking for help was hard, but it's been so worth it.

Gatebox AI is an unusual virtual assistant that involves a projected CGI character kind-of trapped in a jar -- with voice controls! The sales pitch is that this virtual assistant will give the ...

Google's new "Duplex" technology presents a significant tipping point for machine intelligence–powered virtual assistants.