4 posts tagged ‘alexa’
Why Alexa Hasn’t Yet Become the Real Computer of the Future
mjtsai,
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy: Fast-forward to today, and there are over 40 million Echo smart speakers in US households, with Alexa processing billions of commands a week globally. But despite this proliferation of products and popularity, the “superhuman assistant who is there when you need it, disappears when you don’t, and is always working in the […]
Amazon Wants You to Start Paying for Alexa
Gizmodo,
More than 75 million people use Alexa, but by Amazon’s standards, the service is a total failure. The problem is Alexa doesn’t make any money, and the service is a huge drain on company resources. Apparently, Amazon has a last-ditch plan to save its digital assistant by supercharging it with AI and charging you for… Read more...
Former OpenAI Exec Announces ChatGPT Voice Is Now Available to All
OpenAI’s former President and Chairman Greg Brockman announced that ChatGPT Voice is now available to all users Tuesday afternoon. Users can now speak with ChatGPT, and it will talk back, announced Brockman on X, just days after OpenAI’s leadership was ousted. Read more...
Amazon Wants to Sell You a Car With Your Toilet Paper
Amazon already has a stranglehold on most of the stuff people buy, and now the retail giant wants to sell you a car. Read more...