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Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (www.reuters.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't put one of those amazon spy devices in my house even if they paid me. There's no way in hell I'm going to pay to use one.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Eh ... it's not spying. It can't even understand me when I'm talking to it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

But the one in your pocket is fine?