Voice assistants have historically been female. From Siri and Alexa to Cortana and the Google Assistant, most computerized versions of administrative assistants launched with a female voice and, in ...

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 ...

This week’s poll asked if you would you rather your virtual assistant be male, female, or gender neutral? We had a big vote and some fun answers! The answers told us that the big voice assistants ...