virtual assistant

American  

[vur-choo-uhl uh-sis-tuhnt] / ˈvɜr tʃu əl əˈsɪs tənt /

noun

1. a person, as a freelance office assistant, who works remotely in an administrative role.

2.  voice assistant.   digital assistant.  Digital Technology. a device or piece of software that can perform basic tasks and answer some questions in response to spoken natural language, often following a command or prompt.

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Etymology

Origin of virtual assistant

First recorded in 2000–05 virtual assistant for def. 1, and in 2010–15 virtual assistant for def. 2

Example Sentences

Grok is a free virtual assistant - with some paid for premium features - which responds to X users' prompts when they tag it in a post.

From BBC

Management noted on the recent earnings call that the company’s Meta AI product, which serves as a virtual assistant across the its social-media platforms, has more than 1 billion active users.

From MarketWatch

Copilot exists as both a consumer app and a virtual assistant within the company’s enterprise tools.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her first incarnation was as an AI-powered virtual assistant, guiding applicants through the process to obtain official documents.

From BBC

Google shows AI-generated summaries of search results, released an “AI mode” in search and has a virtual assistant called Gemini.

From Los Angeles Times