voice assistants

Google rolls out agentic tasks in Gemini Live

Google Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday rolled out a major productivity upgrade to Gemini Live, transforming its voice assistant from a conversational tool into one capable of executing multi-step tasks across a user's Google apps without supervision.

OpenAI launches GPT-Live voice models for ChatGPT

OpenAI on Wednesday released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, a pair of full-duplex voice models that allow ChatGPT to listen and speak simultaneously — a departure from the turn-based interactions that have defined AI voice assistants. The models are rolling out…

Inaudible sounds hidden in podcasts can hijack AI voice assistants, researchers find

A team of security researchers has shown that imperceptible audio signals hidden in podcasts, YouTube videos, and voice calls can manipulate AI voice assistants into performing unauthorized actions — a finding presented this week at the IEEE Symposium on Security…