How Prime And A Smarter Alexa Are Giving Amazon An AI Shopping Edge

Alexa+, the next-gen version of Alexa, is free for Prime members and is already seeing a 3X increase in Alexa+ assisted ...
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I've had an Alexa speaker for years — these 5 commands are the only ones I actually use

You can also ask Alexa ridiculous questions.

The Washington Post on Alexa

You can also get the latest breaking news — hands-free. The Washington Post is the first news organization to launch breaking ...
How-To Geek on MSN

This open-source smart home system is slowly overtaking Alexa and Google Home

A smart home that respects your privacy.
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Negative-Valence Neurons in the Larval Zebrafish Pallium

This valuable work identifies a subpopulation of neurons in the larval zebrafish pallium that responds differentially to varying threat levels, potentially mediating the categorization of negative ...
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Building a global Alexa+: How Amazon is teaching AI to understand culture, not just language

Launching Alexa+ in Mexico marked the assistant's first foray beyond English—and revealed just how much work goes into ...

New open-source Python-based software boosts space-weather modeling

University of Birmingham experts have created open-source computer software that helps scientists understand how fast-moving ...

These robots can figure out how to do a task after watching humans do it

Swiss scientists have published research showing AI-informed robots can learn how to self correct and teach other robots how to behave. It raises questions of consciousness in artificial intelligence.