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Key Developments News 10 July 2025 - 11 July 2025

Conversational AI and Voice Assistants – Key Developments (June–July 2025)

Conversational AI and Voice Assistants – Key Developments (June–July 2025)

Amazon’s Alexa+ entered broad early access by mid-2025 and surpassed 1 million users by June 2025. Alexa+ is free for Amazon Prime members and costs $19.99/month for others, and it orchestrates “experts” across services like OpenTable, Spotify, and Uber Eats. Alexa+ can remember personal details and even has its own email for user-provided information, enabling more complex multi-step requests than the old Alexa. In Early Access, about 90% of Alexa+ features are live, with hands-free shopping and advanced video controls still under development. Apple’s Siri saw no major generative AI launch in June 2025, with delays to a likely iOS
11 July 2025
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Major Developments in Incident Response – June–July 2025

Major Developments in Incident Response – June–July 2025

On June 5, 2025, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) detected unauthorized activity on its IT network, shut down large portions of its systems, activated its incident-response plan, and caused nationwide disruptions to food deliveries. Qantas disclosed on June 30, 2025, a cyber breach in a third-party call center platform exposing personal data of about 6 million customers, contained the incident the same day, and launched a dedicated hotline while tightening monitoring. On June 12, 2025, Aflac revealed that attackers breached its network via social engineering, stealing customers’ sensitive claims data including Social Security numbers and health information, with ransomware not
10 July 2025
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