Hacker News with Generative AI: Amazon Alexa

The Alexa Skills revolution that wasn't (theverge.com)
The first Amazon Echo, all the way back in 2014, was pitched as a device for a few simple things: playing music, asking basic questions, getting the weather.

Amazon Alexa, Voice Assistants, Consumer Technology

6 points by marban 19 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: How does Alexa avoid interrupting itself when saying its own name? (ycombinator.com)

Amazon Alexa, Voice Assistants

41 points by dumbest 149 days ago | 55 comments

Smart devices a privacy nightmare, Amazon Alexa, Google Home worst offenders (firstpost.com)

Privacy, Smart Devices, Amazon Alexa, Google Home

40 points by Brajeshwar 157 days ago | 16 comments

How Alexa dropped the ball on being the top conversational system (mihaileric.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Conversational AI, Amazon Alexa

180 points by nutellalover 162 days ago | 213 comments

Alexa, Change Your OKRs (residualthoughts.substack.com)

Amazon Alexa, AI, Goal Setting, Productivity

30 points by jhovde 217 days ago | 3 comments