Advanced AI is going to more human-like conversationally, including interrupting users and going off topic. getty In today’s column, I examine a newly emerging trend that entails how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are shaped and tuned when it comes to carrying on conversations with humans. Here’s the backstory. Humans customarily interrupt one…
Project Voice 2026 has marked a decade of working with conversational AI, and it was a pleasure to attend its conference at the Chattanooga Convention Center. I’m in total agreement with the organizer, Bradley Metrock. “We’ve been very pleased to host Project Voice for the last ten years here in Chattanooga,” Metrock said. “Every time…
YouTube will launch its conversational AI assistant on smart TVs today. With this update, viewers have more active control over the content they stream on the largest screen in their home. While the video is playing, users can ask questions about the content or request a summary instead of stopping playback. This functionality was tested…
Adobe is going all-in on generative AI. After introducing generative fill to Photoshop in 2023, full image generation via Firefly in 2024, and Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat integration with ChatGPT in 2025, the brand announced Tuesday that it’s bringing an AI-powered photo editing tool to Photoshop. The beta version of the plainly-named AI Assistant lets…
