Amazon’s Alexa has been a hole into which Amazon has poured billions of dollars. Despite those efforts, Alexa has never been ‘smart enough’ – until now. Amazon is pairing Alexa with ‘Alexa LLM’ – a chatbot designed to make Alexa much smarter. From The Verge:

Voice assistants need a shake-up. A general lack of innovation and barely imperceptible improvements around comprehension have turned them into basic tools instead of the exciting technological advancements we hoped for when they broke onto the scene over a decade ago.

Generative AI has looked like their best shot at survival for a while. But while these digital assistants have always had an element of AI, they’ve lacked the complex processing abilities and more human-like interactions generative AI is capable of. This is a big moment for the smart home, as it could take home automation to the next level, moving it from a remote control experience to a home that’s, well, actually smart. 

Read the whole article here – once you’re done shouting at Alexa. 🤣