What you’re building in this tutorial is not an answering machine. It’s an AI phone assistant that automatically answers calls, conducts a structured conversation – asking for the caller’s name, their request, and its urgency – and then sends you a complete email summary. All in natural language, in German. The whole thing runs on your Synology […]
What’s it about? Germany’s largest online retailer, Otto, is implementing artificial intelligence to fundamentally change the digital shopping experience. With an AI assistant based on Google Gemini, customers can express their product wishes in natural language or search via image recognition. The system is intended to make online shopping as intuitive as a personal consultation
What’s it about? Microsoft has deeply integrated its AI assistance feature Copilot into Excel, enabling a fundamentally new form of interaction with spreadsheet data. Users can carry out complex data operations via natural language commands without needing to learn nested formulas. The AI takes over tasks such as creating pivot tables, identifying trends, or automatically
What’s it about? OpenAI has released a new version of its AI model: GPT-5.4 brings the ability to operate computers independently. The system can control mouse and keyboard, open programs, and execute complex tasks. It uses screenshots as visual input to understand screen content and respond accordingly. The new functionality is aimed particularly at automating
What’s it about? Siemens is realizing a lighthouse project for Industry 4.0 in Amberg: by 2030, a fully AI-controlled factory will be built with an investment of more than 200 million euros. The new production facility is set to fundamentally transform manufacturing processes through the use of artificial intelligence, digital twins, and comprehensive automation. The
What’s it about? Companies face the challenge of integrating AI agents safely and effectively into their production environments. A systematic checklist of criteria is intended to help address critical aspects such as data quality, security, and legal requirements before going live. Background & Context Deploying autonomous AI systems in companies requires comprehensive preparation. While the
It is a Wednesday evening in March 2023, and Bernd has a problem. In three days he is flying to Lisbon — team building, five colleagues, everything still unorganized. So he opens ChatGPT, the tool that has been electrifying everyone in his company for weeks, and types: “Plan me a three-day team trip to Lisbon.
What’s it about? Google has integrated its latest AI model Lyria 3 into the Gemini app, offering a new function for generating music. Users can have their own pieces of music created within seconds through simple descriptions, uploaded photos, or video clips. The generated tracks are 30 seconds long and are automatically equipped with song
What’s it about? Deutsche Telekom presented the “Magenta AI Call Assistant” at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona — an innovation that integrates artificial intelligence directly into the mobile network for the first time. The technology enables users to activate an intelligent assistant during a phone call using the voice command “Hey Magenta”, which can
What’s it about? Adobe has unveiled a new feature in Acrobat Studio that uses artificial intelligence to convert PDF documents into various formats. The software can analyze static files and automatically generate presentations from them or create audio summaries in podcast format. PDFs can also be edited through natural language commands, which is intended to