I went keyboard-free for a day and learned something interesting about voice controls

It’s hard to definitively say that the rise of AI and various AI-powered features has made anyone’s life easier — one study suggested it intensifies work, for example — but one thing it has done is put chat boxes everywhere. One of generative AI’s key innovations is the ability to use natural language to interact with software. If there’s any clear takeaway from the AI gold rush, it’s that talking to your apps and gadgets could make computers radically easier to use, and we might already have the tools to make it happen.