August 1, 2012 at 6:23PM Netflix testing 'Max' assistant on some PS3 users to improve movie recommendations
October 25, 2011 at 7:24PM Siri shows up on an iPod Touch, no longer plays favorites in the iOS family
July 13, 2011 at 3:15PM Pioneer solicits Whodoo guinea pigs for speech-based Android assistant (video)
March 23, 2011 at 9:20PM Voice-controlled Japanese robot assists with eating, makes veggies more fun (video)
May 5, 2010 at 9:24AM Robovie R3 all set to assist, freak out elderly and handicapped shoppers this November (video)
October 30, 2009 at 4:48AM MIT's Affective Intelligent Driving Agent is KITT and Clippy's lovechild (video)