Tag: Alexa

A professor at Kansas State University argues that virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa are sexist because they have female voices.

Amazon’s controversial virtual assistant Alexa is being brought to Marriott hotel rooms as part of the company’s “Alexa for Hospitality” program, prompting concerns over guest privacy.

An Amazon echo device reportedly recorded a family’s conversation and sent it to a random person in the device’s contact list without their knowledge.

Amazon has announced a partnership with homebuilder Lennar which will demonstrate Amazon Alexa-controlled model homes to the public, complete with AI-powered locks, heating, and grocery deliveries.

Amazon has unveiled “Alexa for Kids,” a version of their Echo home assistant for children.

As he scans the news about tech abuses—from violating privacy, to manipulating the news, to mowing down pedestrians with driverless cars—Virgil is reminded that this year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein.  

Multiple users have reported that Amazon Echo devices have been emitting creepy laughter and ignoring users commands.

Breitbart News has beaten competitors including the Washington Post and the Huffington Post in U.S. Alexa rankings.

Tech-savvy parents are using big tech’s new A.I. systems — Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant — as surrogate babysitters. But what happens when children start viewing these bias-ridden systems as authority figures?

Google’s Home A.I. assistant refused to define Jesus Christ in an experiment recorded by television producer David Sams, but happily defined Muhammad and Buddha.

Breitbart News has surpassed the Washington Post in the U.S. Alexa traffic rankings.

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is working on its first wearable device – a pair of ‘smart glasses’, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Voices outside the range of human hearing can be used to manipulate your phone without any need for hacking.

Microsoft and Amazon have partnered their A.I. assistants, Cortana and Alexa, with the two set to talk to each other later this year, according to a report.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is trying to crank up support for his $120 billion escape mission to Mars by claiming robots with artificial intelligence are a bigger threat than North Korea.

A 9-year-old has been charged with larceny after the Alexa device he allegedly stole from his neighbor’s house sent his own voice recordings to his neighbor’s phone.

According to the Information, Amazon is considering opening up access to private transcript data from its Alexa devices to third-party developers, raising concerns of privacy for users.

A Vanity Fair hit piece written last week by Tina Nguyen claiming Breitbart’s Alexa U.S. ranking had fallen to #281 was proven demonstrably false. The drop in rankings resulted purely from a technical glitch by Alexa that once fixed, rocketed Breitbart’s ranking back up to #59.

Amazon’s artificial intelligence-powered home assistant Amazon Echo records every voice command you give to it. Here’s how you can listen to and delete everything your device has recorded.

E-commerce giant Amazon announced on Thursday that their virtual assistant, Alexa would soon be available on smartphones, directly competing with Apple and Google’s own virtual assistants.

Amazon’s “Fire” tablet sold out for the holidays and is on a trend to double last year’s startlingly high rate of growth as the company pursues a “basic but good” strategy.

Breitbart News is the #45th most trafficked website in the United Sates, according to rankings from Amazon’s analytics company, Alexa.com.