T-Mobile’s parent company is making an ‘AI Phone’ with Perplexity Assistant Deutsche Telekom is building a new Perplexity chatbot-powered “AI Phone,” the companies announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today. The new device will be revealed later this year and run “Magenta AI,” which gives users access to Perplexity Assistant, Google Cloud AI, ElevenLabs, Picsart, and a suite of AI tools. The AI phone

Microsoft’s new Dragon Copilot is an AI assistant for healthcare Microsoft has announced Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an AI system for healthcare that can, among other things, listen to and create notes based on clinical visits. The system combines voice-dictating and ambient listening tech created by AI voice company Nuance, which Microsoft bought in 2021. According to Microsoft’s announcement, the new system c…

Sesame is the first voice assistant I’ve ever wanted to talk to more than once I tell Amazon’s Alexa to shut up on a near daily basis. I have almost zero interest in speaking to Gemini after our first awkward chat. The hitches, misunderstandings, and lag in any given AI “conversation” mean I’m always wasting time speaking when I could be texting instead.  But speaking to “Maya,” one of two

Messi fined for grabbing neck of NYCFC assistant Inter Miami CF players Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez have been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer for violating the “hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent” rule during the team’s season-opening MLS match Saturday.

Google Assistant car mics might be shutting down soon submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

Texans hire Rams assistant Caley as new OC The Texans hired Nick Caley as their offensive coordinator Monday.

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Jags name Packers assistant Campanile new DC Jaguars coach Liam Coen called Anthony Campanile, whom the team hired Thursday as its new defensive coordinator, “exactly what we want to be as a defensive unit and football team.”

Google Launches AI Phone Assistant To Call Businesses For You via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches AI-powered “Ask For Me” to make business calls, starting with auto repairs and nail salons. The post Google Launches AI Phone Assistant To Call Businesses For You appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Buckeyes assistant on leave, under investigation Ohio State football quality control coach Joe Lyberger has been on paid administrative leave since December while the school’s Office of Institutional Equity conducts an investigation. OSU has declined to comment.

Source: Belichick’s son out as Patriots assistant Patriots assistant Brian Belichick, the youngest son of former head coach Bill Belichick, will not return to the team in 2025.

‘Perplexity Assistant’ Uses AI to Help You Complete Tasks on Your Android Book dinner, call an Uber, or draft an email.

Perplexity now has a mobile assistant on Android Image: The VergePerplexity has turned its AI “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant can answer general questions and perform tasks on your behalf, such as writing an email, setting a reminder, booking dinners, and more. It’s also multimodal, meaning you can ask it questions about what’s on your screen as well as ha…

Google’s Gemini is already winning the next-gen assistant wars Illustration: The VergeOne of the most important changes in Samsung’s new phones is a simple one: when you long-press the side button on your phone, instead of activating Samsung’s own Bixby assistant by default, you’ll get Google Gemini. This is probably a good thing. Bixby was never a very good virtual assistant — Samsung originally built it …

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‘Excited’ Boyd regrets shoving Texans assistant Houston Texans defensive back Kris Boyd shoved special teams coach Frank Ross following the opening kickoff of Saturday’s 23-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC divisional round at Arrowhead Stadium, a move that coach DeMeco Ryans called “silly.”

Titans assistant will get early look at QB Sanders Titans offensive assistant Payton McCollum was selected to be a QB coach at the East-West Shrine Bowl and will work with Shedeur Sanders’ team.

Gloo and Faith Assistant partner to build custom AI for churches and ministries Gloo The post Gloo and Faith Assistant partner to build custom AI for churches and ministries appeared first on RNS.

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Mercedes-Benz’s Virtual Assistant uses Google’s conversational AI agent Mercedes-Benz’s MBUX Virtual Assistant will use Google Gemini on the cloud. | Image: Mercedes-Benz / GoogleGoogle Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent platform promises to “continue conversations and reference information” throughout users’ drives, and the first car announced with it is the new Mercedes CLA. That car has the next-generation MB.OS ope…