AI & voice assistant news

AI assistants are changing faster than any consumer technology since the smartphone. Chat assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini ship new models and features every few weeks, while voice assistants — Alexa+, Gemini for Home and Siri — are being rebuilt on large language models.

Our AI assistant news reports what changed, who gets it and what it costs, and links every product claim to the vendor's own announcement. Each story is tagged to the assistants it covers, so you can jump straight to that assistant's profile for key facts, pricing and the comparisons it appears in.

For new hardware and model releases, see product launches. If you are choosing an assistant rather than following the news, start with our guide to choosing an AI assistant or the side-by-side comparisons.