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CES 2024: Amazon partners with BMW to bring Alexa voice assistant to cars; Know all about it
10Jan By adminNo Comments
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CES 2024: Amazon partners with BMW to bring Alexa voice assistant to cars; Know all about it

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) was the buzzword of 2023, with the world's largest tech companies incorporating this technology into their suite of products. Consequently, we've not only seen the emergence of new AI tools such as AI chatbots, but also its embrace by legacy organizations such as Adobe, and Microsoft. Not just in tech, but AI is making waves in the automotive world as well. At the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas, Amazon and BMW have announced a partnership that will see AI come into the fold. Know all about it.Amazon-BMW partnershipAs part of the partnership, a Large Language Model (LLM) with Amazon Alexa will be merged with the vehicle's user manual. This move would allow users to ask anything they wish to know about their vehicle, and Alexa...
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Amazon voice assistant gets gen AI boost with Explore with Alexa for kids
26Oct By adminNo Comments
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Amazon voice assistant gets gen AI boost with Explore with Alexa for kids

[ad_1] Voice assistants have become extremely popular in recent years. No more is there a need to get up, turn your music system on, browse a song on your phone and play it. Instead, just ask Alexa to do it. Amazon's voice assistant is quite useful when it comes to tasks such as playing music, solving queries and even entertaining kids. It can even control smart home devices such as your TV, lights, AC, washing machine, and more. If your kid has become restless, simply ask Alexa to play a rhyme to tell a story, and it'll keep them engaged for long periods while you get your work done.Now, Alexa is getting the generative artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade, Amazon has announced. Know all about it. Explore with AlexaAccording to Amazon, the new generative AI experience, called Explore wi...
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Alexa, help! Amazon partners with EVgo to ease EV charging pain
6Jan By adminNo Comments
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Alexa, help! Amazon partners with EVgo to ease EV charging pain

[ad_1] E-commerce giant Amazon hopes a new partnership with EVgo, powered by its Alexa voice assistant will help smooth the electric vehicle charging experience for owners. E-commerce giant Amazon hopes a new partnership with EVgo, powered by its Alexa voice assistant, will help smooth the electric vehicle charging experience for owners. Announced on Thursday at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the new service aims to streamline the process of locating, initiating and paying for a charging session -- still pain points for many EV drivers -- according to EVgo, one of the nation's largest EV charging network operators. When it launches later in 2023, the Alexa-assisted EV charging service will connect drivers to more than 150,000 U.S. public charging stations throug...
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‘Home Assistant’ to get its own voice separate from Siri or Alexa
30Dec By adminNo Comments
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‘Home Assistant’ to get its own voice separate from Siri or Alexa

[ad_1] 'Home Assistant', an open-source platform for smart home interaction, would soon be having all its voice commands localized. No need for Google, Siri or Alexa to speak with your AI-powered smart home platform anymore. 'Home Assistant', an open-source platform for smart home interaction, would soon be having all its voice commands localized. The platform's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, took to the official 'Home Assistant' blog last week to announce the launching of the project which would give the housing platform its own voice assistant with a set of basic sentences to start with. "It is our goal for 2023 to let users control Home Assistant in their own language," the blog read. According to a report by US-based tech portal 'The Verge', the Schoutsen-run company 'Nabu Cas...
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Amazon Devices Chief Pledges Big Alexa Bets Despite Job Cuts
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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Amazon Devices Chief Pledges Big Alexa Bets Despite Job Cuts

[ad_1] Amazon.com Inc.’s devices chief said the company remains committed to building out the Alexa ecosystem despite job cuts in the once fast-growing division. Amazon.com Inc.'s devices chief said the company remains committed to building out the Alexa ecosystem despite job cuts in the once fast-growing division.When Amazon last month initiated its biggest-ever round of layoffs, they fell first and hardest on the Devices and Services group. The unit is responsible for the Alexa voice-activated assistant, Echo smart speakers, Fire streaming devices and home robots. In an interview Tuesday, Senior Vice President Dave Limp called the cuts “a painful event and not one you ever want to do.” Still, he said: “Is there some lack of commitment to Amazon's devices and services business? By an...
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