Amazon is eliminating a setting on Echo devices that lets you store voice recordings locally rather than on cloud servers.

Amazon’s smart speakers have been called Echo since the first one launched in 2014. Every subsequent smart speaker and ...

The Alexa Fund, which has invested in companies like Ring and Ecobee, is broadening its scope to include more AI-powered technology. In addition to investing in the AI startup NinjaTech, the company ...

Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon ...

Since Amazon announced plans for a generative AI version of Alexa, we were concerned about user privacy. With Alexa+ rolling out to Amazon Echo devices in the coming weeks, we’re getting a ...

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No company would relish the prospect of defending against a class action lawsuit and thousands of related individual arbitrations at the same time. But following a recent federal court ruling ...

Stephen Curry is reuniting with Davidson. The Golden State Warriors megastar will step in as an assistant general manager for the basketball programs, according to ESPN. Curry is a trailblazer of ...

That’s why many generative AI platforms allow you to create custom AI assistants: what ChatGPT calls a “custom GPT,” Claude calls a “Project,” and Google Gemini calls a “Gem.” ...

Google is working on a version of the “Pixie” assistant that was reported on back in 2023 for the Pixel 10. Dubbed “Pixel Sense,” the new app will use data from multiple Google apps and ...

And with the current discount on the latest Google Pixel 9, its a great time to get one for pretty cheap. Amazon has been dropping prices on these phones fairly consistently since they were first ...

Amazon has just ... and Macs. Google Assistant is also free and works on Android phones, Google Nest products, and even some third-party smart gadgets. Each assistant has its strengths, depending on ...