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I built a private voice assistant for my smart home using Home Assistant and a local LLM

While I enjoy tinkering with Home Assistant to make my smart devices work, I ensure all of them are manageable locally. While axing most cloud-dependent services, the only thing I miss is voice ...
Geeky Gadgets

OpenAI Realtime API Demo: Building Your Own AI Voice Assistant

This week OpenAI held its DevDay 2024 revealing a wealth of new updates aimed at enhancing developer capabilities. The key announcements include a realtime API for voice interactions, a vision ...
Geeky Gadgets

Build a Local Raspberry Pi AI Voice Assistant

If you’re interested in using the latest Raspberry Pi mini PC along with AI-focused accessories like the AI HAT and Raspberry Pi AI camera, a detailed tutorial by Network Chuck might be just what you ...
The Verge

Home Assistant’s new voice assistant answers to ‘Hey Jarvis’

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition is a privacy-focused voice control device for your smart home that can work without an internet connection. (And has some cool wake words). Home Assistant Voice ...
Wired

Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

From writing code to testing the new Alexa+, Amazon engineers used generative AI throughout the build process. We talk to Amazon's Daniel Rausch about the next version of the voice assistant. How did ...