Amazon to launch NEW subscription based AI

The revamp of the voice assistant, which documents say will include a daily AI-generated news summary, would come just weeks before the U.S. presidential election.

Amazon is preparing to launch its delayed overhaul of personal voice assistant Alexa in October, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post, as it faces new competition from artificial intelligence voice assistants from rivals.
Access to the upgraded version of the assistant will require a paid subscription, the documents said.

The release, scheduled to occur just weeks before the presidential election, will include a new “Smart Briefing” feature that provides daily, AI-generated summaries of news articles selected based on a customer’s preferences, the documents said.

[washingtonpostuniverse]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post

[tdrg_]

If you didn’t need an assistant until now, you most likely don’t need an AI-powered one now either.

[milabirch]

any time i hear news and AI in the same breath a little red warning light goes off in my brain

[agent]

I will pay a one time fee of 50 dollars to any company to stop advertising their AI bullshit to me

[SoldierofPlenty]

Hell to the nah. I can read my own news articles

[GolDGreg]

You could pay ME to use Alexa. I don’t want so much insight into my private life directly going to Amazon.

[veronicadoggone]

Does the $10 subscription come with fine print about not being able to sue the company EVER across all it's Amazon platforms 🤔 ( Disney+ oliGOPoly escape hatch )

[hermsterhd]

„AI summary’s of news’s articles“ is one of the scariest thoughts ever. We will have machines literally deciding for us what information we consume and what news will be left out, never reaching us. This feels like the start of something very bad. When robots now make important decisions for humans, where will this end…?

[triplestaff]

Can't wait for the lawsuits of "Alexa said this food was allergen-free but it wasn't and now I'm dead"

[Ctin_]

I was just considering getting an echo but this thankfully stopped me in time. This sounds like the first step to discontinuing the free version of Alexa. I have no doubt they'll eventually force users to switch. Thanks Amazon for convincing me that I don't need an ai assistant

[Irene-euwtxgp]

Companies just trying to shove AI wherever they can...

[MitchieDBBC]

Imagine not being able to pay off your subscription so your Alexa opens the doors for the repo men

[katjacobs]

😂😂😂 Because nothing can go wrong with AI listening to you 24/7

[steele_heart]

I’ve never once used Alexa and never plan to. AI won’t change a damn thing for me.

[shoeboxbistro]

Yeah brother, if there's one thing I needed in my life, it's for my Alexa to start telling me to drink my own piss

[theEumenides]

I've still never used any of these digital assistants...even less interested in an "AI" version.

[TAPa]

I would pay a one-time fee to guarantee that no voice-activated assistants could enter my house or devices in any capacity

[Lunascaped]

"obtained by the Washington Post" bruh he owns yall 😭

[sharrpshooter]

I love the idea they think anyone is really gonna pay for this, and even for the few that do, it will never recoup costs

[BegginerGamer]

I sometimes forget that you are an actual newspaper and not just funny flamingos