An Israeli technology firm is claiming a breakthrough with a computer capable of teaching itself to speak and allowing its user to operate it using voice alone. Scientists at Artificial Intelligence ...

Being able to chat with a computer in plain English has been the standard fare of science fiction for decades, and yet, despite many promises from forecasters and other experts, we're still a long way ...

WASHINGTON – For many people, face-to-face conversation is intimidating. Conversing online and in text form is often easier than looking into someone’s eyes. But being comfortable in conversation can ...

Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal ...

Amazon’s device chief, David Limp, talks to Wired Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson on stage. Brian Ach/Getty Images “If you think about that north star, that Star Trek computer, there’s more problems ...