Exact same with Google with Gemini. Think can’t flip switches, play podcasts…
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tym@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Alexa+ is a lobotomized version of the original. Since the “upgrade”, a simple request for a wholesome sesame street clip results in playing the beezleblocks music video (which starts with a girl dead in a bathtub full of water holding a cinder block) - true story.
“Alexa, please find local pediatric therapists”
northernlights@lemmy.today 3 days ago
badgermurphy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I just saw an ad for Alexa+ at a family member’s house and was a bit surprised initially. The last I had known about the personal home assistant market was that both Google and Amazon were growing bored with its lack of annually doubling revenue and were slow-walking their whole participation in it to the grave, slashing those departments and walking back forecasted products.
To the home automators like you and others, am I mistaken or has it seen a resurgence now that they realize they can take another crack at it with LLMs this time?
tym@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The holy grail (for amazon at least) is to up-sell (“would you like me to order that for you?”) but that fell flat. My guess is behavior data is being sold to ad agencies instead.