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The fact that Amazon intends to enhance Alexa with generative artificial intelligence capabilities has been known to us for some time. While the business claims that it has been incorporating it into a variety of parts of the voice assistant, it is also working on a more advanced version of Alexa that it intends to charge consumers for access to. It has been rumored that Amazon has given the higher tier the name “Remarkable Alexa”; nevertheless, we can only hope that it does not continue to use that term for the public release.
According to Reuters, Amazon is still in the process of defining price and a release date for Remarkable Alexa; nevertheless, the company has suggested that customers will be required to pay a fee that ranges from approximately $5 to $10 per month in order to use it. It has also been said that Amazon has been encouraging its employees to have Remarkable Alexa ready by the month of August. This may be done in order for the company to be able to share the details during its typical fall Alexa and gadgets event.
Considering that Amazon introduced the speech assistant Alexa along with the Echo speakers ten years ago, this will be the first significant update to the Alexa platform. The company is currently in a position where it is attempting to catch up to competitors such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini when it comes to performance. It has been stated that Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon, has taken a personal interest in the revamp. Jassy made the promise in a letter to shareholders in April that the business was working on a “more intelligent and capable Alexa.” Jassy made the observation in August of last year that every Amazon division was working on generative artificial intelligence initiatives.
“We have already integrated generative AI into different components of Alexa, and are working hard on implementation at scale — in the over half a billion ambient, Alexa-enabled devices already in homes around the world — to enable even more proactive, personal, and trusted assistance for our customers,” according to a spokesperson for Amazon who spoke to Reuters. On the other hand, the business has not yet released the version of Alexa that is more conversational and sounds more natural since it was demonstrated in September of last year.
It is reported that the remarkable Alexa is able to respond to sophisticated instructions, such as being able to draft and send an email, as well as order dinner, all from a single command. Amazon is apparently anticipating that customers will use it for purchasing advise, same to how it will employ its Rufus assistant. Another feature is that it will provide a deeper level of customisation.
Enhancements to the capabilities of home automation are also considered to be a priority. In accordance with the study, Remarkable Alexa may be able to acquire a more in-depth comprehension of the tastes of users, which would allow it to learn how to turn on the television to a particular program. Additionally, it may learn to activate the coffee maker whenever your alarm clock goes off, despite the fact that this is already a fairly simple process to accomplish with the smart home systems that are already in place.
Despite the fact that Alexa has been an unprofitable project for Amazon for quite some time, the company decided to terminate the employment of several hundred individuals who were working on the voice assistant. It should not come as a major surprise that the corporation will strive to make more cash from Remarkable Alexa (which, according to the claims, will not be available as a bonus to Prime subscribers). It is possible that users will need to purchase new devices that contain more powerful technology in order for Remarkable Alexa to function correctly on those devices.
Regardless, the idea of paying ten dollars (or even five dollars) per month for an upgraded voice assistant seems like a difficult sell, especially considering that the free version of Alexa that is currently available can already handle a wide variety of tasks.