Siri gets flustered, to say the least, when handling queries relating to domestic violence or rape, and this has now led to a formal petition that has been submitted to Apple. Here’s the background.

Cortana, Microsoft’s competitor to Google Now and Apple’s Siri is a virtual assistant that not only takes the stage, but attempts to steal it. Cortana brings new features to the table, including ...

To develop Cortana, Microsoft apparently spoke to a number of “real personal assistants” and learned that they kept track of the interests and preferences of their bosses in a notebook. So Microsoft ...

NEW YORK — Can the digital voice assistants inside a smartphone answer a suicidal person’s desperate call for help? Can they help a victim of rape or domestic violence? The authors of a joint study by ...

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If you’ve tucked yourself under the sheets of ignorant bliss when it comes to your privacy while speaking to your favorite personal device, this is yet another wakeup call. A Reddit user recently ...