Like the Apple Siri AI upgrade, it looks like Amazon's Alexa Plus is taking much longer than anticipated. Here's why these voice assistants are dragging their digital feet.

Amazon is removing an Echo privacy setting that keeps Alexa recordings from the company An opt-in Alexa feature called 'Do Not Send Voice Records' stops requests from being sent to the company.

Workers said they reviewed as many a 1,000 clips per shift. Amazon-held Alexa recordings have also been sought by law enforcement to be used in criminal trials, including murder cases.

The new Alexa is Amazon’s effort to compete with the wave of AI-infused virtual assistants that have grown in popularity since 2022, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.

There’s a visual component to the new Alexa, as well. On Amazon’s Echo Show smart displays, Alexa+ powers photo galleries and other personalized content feeds.

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since its introduction more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence.

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