Good news for those who expect a smarter Alexa in Amazon. According to information from Reutersafter a lot of expectation, The company is finally ready to launch its version of Alexa with AI at the end of the month. Amazon sent press invitations for a great event that will be held in New York on February 26, and attended by the head of the device and services team, Panay Panos. Although a little later than its competitors, there is no doubt that the company is willing to formalize the new version of its famous voice assistant.
This is Alexa’s biggest update in ten years. And not only in terms of user experience, but also for Amazon’s profits, which expects to monetize the new functions of your voice assistant with a subscription offer for its users. There are currently more than 500 million devices with Alexa in circulation, indicating that the company can take advantage of a very wide user base for its proposal.
Alexa’s new version with AI
Without a doubt, artificial intelligence could improve Alexa’s performance, but now Amazon finally seems willing to demonstrate it. According to rumors that circulate on the network, with the new update, the assistant can respond to multiple requests at the same time. And if that were not enough, You can behave as an AI agent, performing tasks for users without the need for direct participation. In the past, Wired reported on the company’s intentions for expanding its business and adapting these agents to recommendations, purchases and monitoring; Even engineers are already incorporating them for different actions.
In summary, that Alexa works as an AI agent is a remarkable improvement, taking into account that at the moment he only performs one task at the same time, and even with some difficulty compared to artificial intelligence models in circulation. However, the other face of the currency are the risks of large -scale AI. This technology makes mistakes, invents false responses and even produces hallucinations in its own feedback system, which is a latent problem for Alexa users. But the benefits that are expected to obtain from it both users and Amazon far exceed the planned risks.
Article originally published in Wired Italy. Adapted by Alondra Flores.
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