Bosch’s fancy coffee machine is getting Alexa Plus

Coming to its Bosch 800 Series fully automatic espresso machines, the upgrade allows Alexa users to talk with the machine via ...
HotHardware

Amazon Alexa Is Learning To Impersonate Voices Of The Deceased And It’s Not Creepy, Honest

Many of us wish we could see a loved one who has passed away or hear their voice. However, what would we actually do or feel if this was possible? Amazon recently showcased new technology in which ...
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A year with Alexa Plus: This AI is worth it for me, but might not be for you

The worldwide AI craze set its sights on voice assistants in 2025. This year, it arrived at both third-party and primary voice assistants, including Google (Google Assistant is now becoming Gemini for ...
AOL

How Amazon blew Alexa’s shot to dominate AI, according to more than a dozen employees who worked on it

With that phrase, David Limp, at the time Amazon’s head of devices and services, showed off a new generative AI-powered version of the company’s signature Alexa voice assistant in September 2023. At a ...
Gizmodo

Amazon’s Latest Trick: Pipe In a Dead Person’s Voice Through Alexa’s Speakers

Those weird “loved ones come back from the dead to visit you” stunts pulled by celebrities like Kanye West may soon become a reality through your digital assistant. At Amazon’s re:MARS conference, the ...

Amazon 'dropped the ball' with Alexa, former employee says

Mihail Eric claims Amazon missed its chance to become a conversational AI leader with Alexa due to technical and bureaucratic issues in the company.
Virginia Business

Amazon, Va. Tech partner on machine learning initiative

Virginia Tech announced Thursday morning that it is partnering with Amazon.com Inc. on an artificial intelligence and machine learning research initiative that will have a presence at both Tech’s ...