Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company’s plans.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If my Alexa stopped working because it needed a subscription it’s going straight in the trash.

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      4 months ago

      Already there. Finally got fed up with the “by the way” trash prompts