Deepgram secures $130M Series C funding at $1.3B valuation while acquiring restaurant AI voice platform OfOne, as the startup races to pass the Audio Turing Test within a year amid intensifying competition in voice AI technology that promises more natural human-computer interactions across industries.
The $699 Humane Ai Pin receives devastating reviews as the futuristic wearable overheats within minutes, hallucinates false information, fails at basic functions like alarms, and becomes unreadable in sunlight, earning dismal 4-5/10 ratings from major tech publications who warn consumers to avoid the unfinished product.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares Apple the company's primary long-term competitor, asserting that future AI battles will be won through devices rather than software alone, signaling a strategic shift toward hardware integration for market dominance.
Salesforce launches an upgraded AI-powered Slackbot today that schedules meetings and answers workflow questions using conversation context and company data, available exclusively for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers with enterprise-grade security features.
Anthropic releases Claude Cowork agent tool exclusively for Mac subscribers, enabling non-developers to automate computer tasks through AI despite acknowledging serious security vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive user data.
Apple strikes a massive $1 billion annual deal with Google to supercharge Siri using Gemini AI models, accelerating the voice assistant's upgrade timeline while delaying its own proprietary AI development until 2026.
Elegant, poetic language tricks both humans and AI into trusting harmful information by exploiting cognitive biases that equate beautiful expression with truth in humans, while AI safety systems fail to detect threats disguised through metaphors and literary devices rather than explicit statements.
Innovation theorist warns that AI functions as 'anti-intelligence' by delivering polished but hollow answers that bypass natural learning processes of confusion and exploration, creating an illusion of expertise while quietly eroding users' critical thinking and independent reasoning abilities.
Solos launches $299 AirGo V2 smart glasses at CES 2026, packing a 16MP camera, Full HD video recording, and multi-AI integration with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek for hands-free object identification, translation, and accessibility features.
Lenovo unveils Qira, a revolutionary AI system launching Q1 2026 that seamlessly controls PCs, tablets, smartphones, and wearables without opening apps, using ambient intelligence to orchestrate actions across devices and build personalized knowledge bases through partnerships with Microsoft, Stability AI, and other tech giants.