NPR: virtual assistants https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=575080758 virtual assistants en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:04:48 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: virtual assistants https://www.npr.org/tags/575080758/virtual-assistants The Push For A Gender-Neutral Siri Siri, Alexa and Cortana all started out as female. Now a group of marketing executives, tech experts and academics are trying to make virtual assistants more egalitarian. Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:37:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/627266501/the-push-for-a-gender-neutral-siri https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/627266501/the-push-for-a-gender-neutral-siri

Siri, Alexa and Cortana all started out as female. Now a group of marketing executives, tech experts and academics are trying to make virtual assistants more egalitarian.

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]]> Laura Sydell Siri, Cortana, And Alexa Carry The Marks Of Their Human Makers Before you dismiss them as inhuman or inhumane, consider their dramatic personal histories — and their ancestor <em>grande damme</em> Eliza, says guest blogger Jimena Canales. Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:01:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/01/09/575072389/siri-cortana-and-alexa-carry-the-marks-of-their-human-makers https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/01/09/575072389/siri-cortana-and-alexa-carry-the-marks-of-their-human-makers

Before you dismiss them as inhuman or inhumane, consider their dramatic personal histories — and their ancestor grande damme Eliza, says guest blogger Jimena Canales.

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