Amazon unveils new generative AI features aimed at making Alexa more conversational and personalized, available as a free preview on all Echo devices in the US
TechCrunch Kyle Wiggers
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- Amazon is also previewing an upcoming update to the Alexa voice that will be more expressive and natural-sounding, as well as capable of detecting your tone of voice and matching that energy for its responses. — Imagine Alexa excited or sad, for example. — Coming next year. @bradlinder@fosstodon.org
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.@alexa99 is there to offer personalized help, like any true friend would be.🧡Now, Alexa will adapt to your cues and be able to adjust its tone and response to express things like affirmation, excitement, laughter, or even surprise! [image]
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“Alexa, talk large language models to me.”😉Our latest LLM has been significantly optimized for voice and the things we know our customers love — like having access to real-time information, efficiently controlling your smart home, and getting the most out of home entertainment. […
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Also notable that Dave Limp has stopped using the phrase “ambient computing” and now says “ambient intelligence”
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This is quite clearly a ChatGPT / Bing Chat / Google Bard attack. Limp talks about the difficulty of doing this sort of LLM-based conversational AI when Alexa has to get things “right” more often. You can't have an Echo hallucinating when you ask it to turn on a lamp.