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Amazon Alexa, or, Alexa, [2] is a virtual assistant technology largely based on a Polish speech synthesizer named Ivona, bought by Amazon in 2013. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was first used in the Amazon Echo smart speaker and the Amazon Echo Dot , Echo Studio and Amazon Tap speakers developed by Amazon Lab126 .
Alexa is a voice associated with the Amazon Echo that will respond to questions and requests through artificial intelligence. Amazon has claimed that the voice of Alexa was inspired by electronic communications systems featured in the television series Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. [8]
The updated Alexa is also a key barometer for Amazon’s standing in the race among Big Tech companies to dominate consumer-facing AI and for the financial windfall that’s expected to come with it.
Virtual assistants may be integrated into many types of platforms or, like Amazon Alexa, across several of them: Into devices like smart speakers such as Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod; In instant messaging applications on both smartphones and via the Web, e.g. M (virtual assistant) on both Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps or ...
Amazon’s Panos Panay hinted that the new Alexa would elicit “emotion” and “connection.” “The products coming,” he added, “are pretty awesome.”
With the return of the "Thank My Driver" feature, owners of an Amazon Alexa device an simply say "Alexa, thank my driver" to gift $5 to whoever delivers their orders at no charge to the customer.
Unlike Google Answers (2002–2006), Askville was designed to run much like a computer game. Users would gain or lose "experience points" in particular topics if their answers were good. Users also received "quest gold" by asking and answering questions, and by voting on the worth of other people's answers.
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