Hacker News with Generative AI: Alexa

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
155 points by SlackingOff123 4 days ago | 83 comments
The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available (discuss.systems)
Privacy, Alexa, Amazon, Software Updates
957 points by luu 17 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 18 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 19 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 55 days ago | 1 comments
Amazon races to transplant Alexa's 'brain' with generative AI (ft.com)
Generative AI, Amazon, Alexa, Technology, Competition
4 points by bookofjoe 77 days ago | 5 comments
Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp (reuters.com)
Amazon, Anthropic, AI, Alexa, Technology
3 points by JumpCrisscross 216 days ago | 0 comments
How Amazon blew Alexa's shot to dominate AI, according to employees worked on it (fortune.com)
Amazon, Alexa, AI, Business, Technology
20 points by firstSpeaker 293 days ago | 4 comments