This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

Experts have made progress in LLM security. But some doubt AI assistants are ready for prime time. AI agents are a risky business. Even when stuck inside the chatbox window, LLMs will make mistakes ...

PCWorld reports that Home Assistant has launched a major update to its default overview dashboard, replacing the old cluttered interface with a clean, organized design featuring three main sections.

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with Home Assistant. Using natural language, control smart home devices, query states, execute services and ...

Interest in Clawdbot, an open-source AI personal assistant, has been building from a simmer to a roar. Over the weekend, online chatter about the tool reached viral status — at least, as viral as an ...

Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that ⁠its voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating ‍their privacy. A preliminary ‍class action ...

The show, put on by the Assistants vs. Agents team, featured a pep talk from Nikki Glaser, who commiserated, "Hang in there. I know it's rough, I know you work for some serious monsters." By Kirsten ...

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Baidu’s BIDU-0.73%decrease; red down pointing triangle AI assistant has surpassed 200 million monthly active users, according to people familiar with the matter, as competition intensifies among ...

Sending email notifications from Home Assistant. The Email Notifier is an integration for Home Assistant allowing you to send email messages, notifications or alerts to any email recipient. The Email ...

Google Assistant is reportedly being sunsetted this year, but the company is delaying its plans to discontinue its iconic AI-powered companion on smart devices, with the removal now expected to occur ...

Google’s massive project to swap out the trusty old Google Assistant for its smarter AI successor, Gemini, is hitting a slight delay. The transition is definitely still happening, but it won’t be ...