Alexa Gets More Personal, Recalling Users' Favorite Teams and Planning Get-Togethers

Alexa's responses are becoming more conversational and personalized, knowing the user's favorite sports team without prompting.
The device seamlessly continues conversations without losing context, calling multiple APIs to access information.
Alexa discusses the Seattle Seahawks' last game, providing stats on their win over the Lions.
Alexa provides food and weather information for the user's planned football watching party on Sunday.
Alexa composes and sends an invite to the user's friends for the Sunday football gathering.

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9/20/2023

Amazon Rolls Out New Alexa with Advanced AI for More Natural Conversations

Amazon has unveiled a new Alexa voice assistant, powered by its Alexa large language model, that can understand conversational phrases, interpret context more effectively, and complete multiple requests from one command, marking a significant advancement in voice assistant technology.

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Amazon's Alexa Can Now Call for Help in an Emergency

Amazon has announced a new personal safety feature for Alexa devices called Emergency Assist, which allows users to call for help and connect with a trained agent 24/7 by saying "Alexa, call for help" and is available for all Echo devices at a cost of $6 monthly or $59 annually.

9/20/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa and Hardware Offerings Aimed at Kids

At its annual hardware event, Amazon announced Explore With Alexa, a kid-friendly version of its chatbot that provides educational content and games, along with new kid-friendly devices like the Echo Pop Kids smart speaker and Fire Kids tablets.

9/20/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa, Devices, and Services to Compete with AI Rivals

Amazon hosted an event to introduce new devices and services, including an updated version of Alexa with optimized language models for voice interactions, new Echo and Ring products, next-generation Echo Frames, new Fire Tablets and Fire TV devices, and the eero Max 7 mesh system.

9/21/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa Features, MGM Recovers From Ransomware, Apple Watch Series 9 Reviewed, Accessibility Upgrades Coming to Fire and Echo

Amazon is integrating a large language model into its Echo devices to improve conversational interactions, although some issues were experienced during a live demonstration; meanwhile, Apple's new Apple Watch Series 9 introduces a "Double Tap" method of interaction and on-device Siri processing.

9/21/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa Features Powered by AI for More Natural Conversations

Amazon is introducing new features to Alexa, including the ability to listen without needing to say "Alexa" first, but did not address concerns about privacy and security.

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Posted 9/20/2023, 3:40:38 PM

Alexa Gets More Personal, Recalling Users' Favorite Teams and Planning Get-Togethers

Alexa's responses are becoming more conversational and personalized, knowing the user's favorite sports team without prompting.
The device seamlessly continues conversations without losing context, calling multiple APIs to access information.
Alexa discusses the Seattle Seahawks' last game, providing stats on their win over the Lions.
Alexa provides food and weather information for the user's planned football watching party on Sunday.
Alexa composes and sends an invite to the user's friends for the Sunday football gathering.

cnet.com

Relevant topic timeline:

9/20/2023

Amazon Rolls Out New Alexa with Advanced AI for More Natural Conversations

9/20/2023

Amazon's Alexa Can Now Call for Help in an Emergency

9/20/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa and Hardware Offerings Aimed at Kids

9/20/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa, Devices, and Services to Compete with AI Rivals

9/21/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa Features, MGM Recovers From Ransomware, Apple Watch Series 9 Reviewed, Accessibility Upgrades Coming to Fire and Echo

9/21/2023

Amazon Unveils New Alexa Features Powered by AI for More Natural Conversations

Amazon is introducing new features to Alexa, including the ability to listen without needing to say "Alexa" first, but did not address concerns about privacy and security.