Advertisement

All voice assistants like Siri are female

The most popular digital assistants – Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant all have one thing in common – they are predominately female. This brings about the question, is this teaching a whole new generation to view women as ‘staff’ and ‘subservient’...

Share this article

07.00 27 Sep 2022


All voice assistants like Siri are female


Listen to this episode


Share this article

07.00 27 Sep 2022


The most popular digital assistants – Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant all have one thing in common – they are predominately female.

This brings about the question, is this teaching a whole new generation to view women as ‘staff’ and ‘subservient’ through the common digital devices in our homes?

To discuss Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Debbie Ging, Associate Professor of Digital Media and Gender in the School of Communications.


Read more about

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Related Episodes

Reasons to be Happy: Irish Run...

00:09:59

Reasons to be Happy: Irish Runners, The Bear, Mayo

Lunchtime Live

00:09:59


Have you had your car clamped?

00:16:17

Have you had your car clamped?

Lunchtime Live

00:16:17


Making Babies: Gestational Dia...

00:12:15

Making Babies: Gestational Diabetes

Lunchtime Live

00:12:15


The importance of therapy dogs...

00:07:40

The importance of therapy dogs in schools

Lunchtime Live

00:07:40