Hacker News with Generative AI: Alexa

What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything Alexa had heard (theguardian.com)
For years, Alexa has been our on-call vet, DJ, teacher, parent, therapist and whipping boy. What secrets would the data reveal?

Privacy, Amazon, Alexa, Technology, Personal Data

69 points by robaato 34 days ago | 48 comments

The Candid Naivety of Geeks (ploum.net)
Amazon recently announced that, from now on, everything you say to Alexa will be sent to their server.

Privacy, Technology, Amazon, Alexa

157 points by SlackingOff123 90 days ago | 83 comments

Privacy, Alexa, Amazon, Software Updates

957 points by luu 103 days ago | 666 comments

Alexa's Privacy Backtrack: Amazon Pushes All Voice Data to the Cloud (reclaimthenet.org)
Amazon is stripping away a key privacy safeguard, forcing every Alexa request through its servers.

Privacy, Amazon, Alexa, Cloud Computing

5 points by mikece 103 days ago | 0 comments

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 (arstechnica.com)
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.

Privacy, Amazon, Alexa, Subscription Services

250 points by MBCook 105 days ago | 114 comments

Conversational Alexa being unveiled on Feb 26 (9to5mac.com)
A new conversational Alexa is expected to be revealed at an Amazon media event on February 26, with press invitations sent out yesterday.

Amazon, Alexa, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics

7 points by o_nate 141 days ago | 1 comments

Generative AI, Amazon, Alexa, Technology, Competition

4 points by bookofjoe 163 days ago | 5 comments

Amazon, Anthropic, AI, Alexa, Technology

3 points by JumpCrisscross 301 days ago | 0 comments

Amazon, Alexa, AI, Business, Technology

20 points by firstSpeaker 379 days ago | 4 comments