Sony has revealed its'smart personal assistant' that include a bluetooth earpiece similar to the AI version worn in the hit film Her will go on sale in November. At the IFA show in Berlin today, the firm confirmed it will launch this November'starting in select markets,' although its price has still not been revealed. The Xperia Ear wireless earpiece can update you with any missed calls or messages as soon as you slot it into your ear. Unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Xperia Ear (pictured) can read out key information, and is designed to be worn all day. The firm also showed off a Xperia Agent, a robot measuring just over one foot tall, that also works as a PA.

Under, behind and inside many of the apps we use every day, a revolution is underway. It's a revolution that started decades ago but today is empowering companies to deliver better, smarter services with greater ease and on broader scales than ever before. At Singularity University's inaugural Global Summit, Neil Jacobstein, chair of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, provided a primer showing how artificial intelligence literally transforms everything it touches. First of all, it's critical to define the scope of artificial intelligence (AI), which can be categorized into four areas: techniques in pattern recognition, software agency (that is, software that acts like real users), an exponential technology that is accelerating other exponential technologies, and a vision of a future superhuman intelligence (that fortunately hasn't happened yet). Anyone who has seen a science fiction film is likely familiar with this last area, but it's the other three areas where AI is making huge strides at a revolutionary pace.

Sonos today announced an integration that's just shy of wonderful, but still pretty fun: You'll soon be able to control everyone's favorite connected speakers from the comfort of your Amazon Echo. Today, Sonos announced two new ways to control its system via third-party wares. First, you'll soon be able to fire up Spotify, select your Sonos in the devices menu, and control the speakers directly from the app. That trick is not quite available yet, but it's coming as a free Echo device update in 2017.

Sonos took a look at the future and realized it's time to put partners first. The wireless audio company announced it would roll out Amazon Alexa integration early next year, enabling voice control for Sonos systems. It's also pushing out a host of other software updates, including one that will let Spotify users control their Sonos systems with Spotify's mobile and desktop apps. Overall, the changes are all part of Sonos's effort to become the sound platform for the connected home. "We believe Music is killer app of connected home." said Sonos President Patrick Spence.

As much as Sonos is known for high-quality connected speakers, it's also built up a reputation for lackluster software and a closed ecosystem. And that's getting harder to live with as alternative platforms like Google's Cast (formerly Chromecast) are flourishing alongside smart partnerships (see Vizio's recent TVs) and inexpensive devices like the Chromecast Audio. So to course correct, Sonos announced today that it's opening up its platform to Spotify Connect, and it has also kicked off a "long-term strategic collaboration" with Amazon to integrate Echo voice control with its speakers. The Spotify Connect support, which is coming in a few weeks, will be particularly useful for anyone who's grown tired of Sonos's software. You'll be able to control the company's speakers from within any Spotify app.

USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham breaks down what you can and cannot do with the new Siri, available with iOS 10. LOS ANGELES -- Siri, Apple's personal digital assistant, soon will be on more apps -- but not all. Apple, with great fanfare at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, announced Siri was now open to app developers to bring Siri voice functionality to apps such as Uber, Lyft, Runtastic and WeChat. It will be part of a September upgrade of iOS 10, Apple's mobile operating system. "Siri works with your favorite apps from the App Store, so you can ask it to book a ride through Lyft, or send money to someone with Square," Apple said then.

It is speculated that a form of auction-based advertising will be established for voice search and personal assistants. Of course it will, as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others have always monetized content delivery. When the opportunity arises to pay to ensure your content is delivered first to personal assistants through voice search, it is critical you are ready with a foundational data set and content in the preferred formats of the assistants--think Amazon Skills for Alexa or SDK for Apple's Siri. Time will tell how we will buy, but it will most likely be auction-based. The first here may be Google Assistant using Google's paid local ads that they recently launched because it provides answers to questions around business information like locations that google has sometimes relied on third parties for previously.

USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham breaks down what you can and cannot do with the new Siri, available with iOS 10. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham breaks down what you can and cannot do with the new Siri, available with iOS 10.

Mark Zuckerberg has described his AI assistant as "kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man." Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook / MSQRD Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been building an artificially intelligent assistant for his home since January, and he is planning to demo it for the first time in September. Zuckerberg gave an update on the status of his AI system during a public Q&A in Italy on Monday. He said that the AI is "still a work in progress" but already uses facial recognition to scan his face and let him into his gated compound in San Francisco. "It just sees my face and it lets me in," he said. "So that is pretty fun." "I got it to this point where now I can control the lights," he told the crowd.

Under, behind and inside many of the apps we use every day, a revolution is underway. It's a revolution that started decades ago but today is empowering companies to deliver better, smarter services with greater ease and on broader scales than ever before. At Singularity University's inaugural Global Summit, Neil Jacobstein, chair of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, provided a primer showing how artificial intelligence literally transforms everything it touches. First of all, it's critical to define the scope of artificial intelligence (AI), which can be categorized into four areas: techniques in pattern recognition, software agency (that is, software that acts like real users), an exponential technology that is accelerating other exponential technologies, and a vision of a future superhuman intelligence (that fortunately hasn't happened yet). Anyone who has seen a science fiction film is likely familiar with this last area, but it's the other three areas where AI is making huge strides at a revolutionary pace.