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Amazon is working to upgrade Alexa with generative AI to make it smarter and more versatile. The project faces challenges like handling hallucinations and adapting to new AI technology. Other ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...

Alexa responds with “All systems operational” in the new Brief personality mode on an Echo Show. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Tired of Alexa’s constant chatter? Wish Amazon’s voice assistant would ...

The new “Send to Alexa” feature lets you send Kindle Scribe notebooks to your Echo device with just a couple of taps. I took the new feature for a spin, and it does work. Alexa+ did a good job ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Though it was not the first, Alexa is probably one of the best-known smart home assistants today. In the early days of these devices, the ...

Anyone can now try Alexa+, Amazon’s generative AI assistant, through a free early access program at Alexa.com. The website frees the AI, which Amazon released via early access in February, from ...

Hey Alexa, get out of my house. Alexa users were flabbergasted after Amazon’s AI-powered assistant’s voice automatically changed sans their permission — with many comparing it to an overly talkative ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When Amazon's latest Echo speakers arrived in October, a feature the company spent time hyping during its fall devices event was missing.

There is certainly some irony in one of the questions most commonly posed to Alexa this year: “What does AI mean?” Amazon’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant has become a regular feature in 21st ...

If you’re seeking to make your home smarter, odds are you’re in between two smart home ecosystems, Amazon Alexa versus Google Home. Both Amazon Alexa- and Google Assistant-enabled devices can help ...

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