Rohit Prasad, a senior Amazon executive, had an urgent message for ninth and 10th graders at Dearborn STEM Academy, a public school in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. He had come to the school on a recent morning to observe an Amazon-sponsored lesson in artificial intelligence that teaches students how to program simple tasks for Alexa, Amazon’s voice-activated virtual […]
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Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Some mildly bad news for the Bezos money machine: Amazon is being slapped with a $25 million fine over its practices for handling children’s data through its Alexa voice-activated assistant and Echo […]
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November is an auspicious month. It was in November 2022 that ChatGPT was thrust into the public domain. It was also in November (2014) when Alexa became available to the public – and she was everywhere. Remember the Alexa frenzy? You could not utter the name “Alexa” on a phone call, or in a home without […]
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The recent announcement from Amazon that they would be reducing staff and budget for the Alexa department has deemed the voice assistant as “a colossal failure.” In its wake, there has been discussion that voice as an industry is stagnating (or even worse, on the decline). I have to say, I disagree. While it is […]
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Photo: wavebreakmedia (Shutterstock) You may have just put your Christmas decorations away, but Valentine’s Day is almost here. And if you need a little help getting in touch with your romantic side, a good book can help you get there. Even if you’re someone who usually prefers mystery or thrillers, there’s nothing like a beautiful […]
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Photo: wavebreakmedia (Shutterstock) You may have just put your Christmas decorations away, but Valentine’s Day is almost here. And if you need a little help getting in touch with your romantic side, a good book can help you get there. Even if you’re someone who usually prefers mystery or thrillers, there’s nothing like a beautiful […]
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