Devdiscourse

Synthetic voices in AI assistants reflect deep-rooted gender stereotypes

Digital voice assistants now manage alarms, answer questions, and mediate household routines for millions of users, often ...
Campaign Asia

Why are the majority of AI assistants female?

Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, M3ghan (2022) and Amanda from Her (2013). Alongside other technologies that include a voice assistant, these four all have two things in common: A feminine voice, and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Synthetic Voices Shed Light on the Deep-Rooted Gender Biases Embedded in our Tech

At this point, there is no shortage of stories that have posed some form of the question, “Why are voice assistants always female?” GeorgePeters/Getty Images Imagine yourself in the cockpit of a ...
The New York Times

Has the Internet Changed How Women Sound?

Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful. By Susan Dominus Artwork by Yehwan Song Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the ...
HUB

Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender?

Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with women. New research by Johns Hopkins engineers reveals that this behavior also extends to AI-powered ...
Law

Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI: Legal Weighs in on Right of Publicity Claims, 'Sultry Female Voices'

Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI: Legal Weighs in on Right of Publicity Claims, 'Sultry Female Voices' Scarlett Johansson is threatening OpenAI with legal action over its new AI voice assistant. Some say ...