Would You Pay Amazon $10 a Month for an AI-Infused Alexa?
Photo: Tyler Nottley / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) A major revamp of the Alexa platform is on the horizon, and it looks as if it’s going to cost you. Eight current and…
Amazon Wants You to Start Paying for Alexa
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…
Amazon Is Using Your Conversations With Alexa to Train AI
Last week, at Amazon’s annual Fall hardware event, executive David Limp revealed the company would soon be upgrading the capabilities of its well-known voice assistant, Alexa, using the supposedly magical…
Does Giving Alexa Attentive Eyes and a Moving Mouth Make It More or Less Creepy?
Science fiction promises us all sorts of sentient automatons once artificial intelligence becomes a part of our daily lives—not hockey puck-sized speakers. Determined to breathe more life into Amazon’s smart…