📝 Research summary: User preferences and trust in AI voice assistants

Homophily, influence, and anthropomorphism, oh my!

Say what you will about AI, but I think we can all be relieved that the era of extremely dumb voice assistants seems to be coming to an end thanks to LLMs. Anyone who has spent time with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode or Gemini Live knows that we’ve entered a whole new era in terms of voice-based interaction with computers.

And with that comes a whole sle…