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Amazon announced an upgrade to Alexa and its implications for AI, AI, and gamma-based food planning and food aperiodicity
It has gotten an upgrade that was due to it. This week, Amazon held its annual media event where it introduced a new line of hardware, software and services. The company reserved the spot at center stage for Alexa, the voice assistant powering all of Amazon’s smart home ambitions. The technological upgrade given to the voice activated device allows it to be more competitive in the future. Alexa can now speak more naturally, hold a conversation without as many awkward interactions, and even make its responses sound more emotionally nuanced.
Amazon announced the upgrade to Alexa at an event held at its second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Users will no longer have to say “Alexa” at each turn if the assistant is answer more complex questions and engage in a more flowing, open-ended conversation.
Demos given onstage on Wednesday showed Alexa exhibiting more simulated personality with its intonation and efforts at humor. Videos showed people asking Alexa to write poems on a theme, brainstorm ideas for a date night, and generate a story about Jell-O. Devices equipped with cameras, such as the Echo Show, will try to detect when a person is expecting Alexa to continue the conversation and when the conversation is over.
Will recommends Auto-GPT, a tool that turns ChatGPT an autonomous agent that manages all the boring parts of your life. Mike recommends the book No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating by Alicia Kennedy. Lauren recommends the episode of WIRED’s Have a Nice Future Podcast where journalist Paul Tough talks about college in the US and the future of higher education.
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