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Three women are the wits behind Google Assistant's personality

The Assistant audio-records every user request, which has raised privacy concerns. Users can delete their data stored by Google, a process that can take up to six months for the data to be completely gone, according to the privacy policy.

Nearly half of American households with broadband service use voice-activated technology, through humanizing technology like the Assistant, Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa, according to Parks Associates, a marketing research firm.  

From the article "Three women are the wits behind Google Assistant's personality" by Matthew Chayes.

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