Amazon Eyes June Launch for Paid Version of Alexa

From PC Mag: Soon you might be paying a fee to use Amazon’s Alexa.

Amazon is reportedly looking to release a new subscription-based version of Alexa this summer with generative AI support.

“Alexa Plus” would offer more AI capabilities than the free version of the assistant, Business Insider reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

The company has reportedly been working on testing the voice technology for the "Plus" version of the assistant with around 15,000 external customers; however, so far the quality of Alexa’s answers has fallen short of the team’s expectations. Specifically, the assistant gives unnecessarily long or inaccurate responses and struggles with tasks that require operating several services at once. For instance, turning the lights and music off at once.

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