Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t get into NSFW content

The new Sassy style can curse and roast you, but the fun ends there.

These AI robots are moving in with lonely, elderly New Yorkers — and keeping them company for free

Sandra Cota’s world had grown quiet. The busy pace of her life had slowed in recent years, replaced by long days in her Bronx apartment where the low drone of the television filled the silence between ...
Time

Why AI Systems Can’t Help Developing Personalities

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. It’s day 262 in the AI village—an ongoing experiment where frontier AIs complete weekly challenges—and Gemini 2.5 Pro is ...

7 surprisingly useful ways to use ChatGPT's voice mode, from a former skeptic

Voice Mode fabricated answers the last time I used it, but I tested it again to see if it's actually useful now.
XDA Developers on MSN

I replaced Alexa with a fully local voice assistant, and it doesn't send a single word to any cloud

Time to take your privacy back.
CNET

OpenClaw: Everything You Need to Know About This Viral Open-Source AI Agent

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...