voice assistants

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live voice AI models

Google Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, a pair of voice-first AI models designed for real-time conversation, visual understanding, and background task execution. The company calls them its most advanced live dialogue…

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…