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Amazon Echo plays the monster in this terrifying horror short
A short movie starring an Amazon Echo might be the scariest Halloween horror you watch all year. Written and directed by Julian Terry, Whisper shows what happens when Amazon’s personal assistant goes rogue. Warning: this clip is not for the faint of heart. Related video Robots are the next step in using technology to explore […]
Amazon to open visually focused AI research hub in Germany
Ecommerce giant Amazon has announced a new research center in Germany focused on developing AI to improve the customer experience — especially in visual systems. Amazon said research conducted at the hub will also aim to benefit users of Amazon Web Services and its voice driven AI assistant tech, Alexa. The center will be based in Tübingen, near […]
Amazon and Microsoft agree their voice assistants will talk (to each other)
Those betting big on AI making voice the dominant user interface of the future are not betting so big as to believe their respective artificially intelligent voice assistants will be the sole vocal oracle that Internet users want or need. And so Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are today announcing a tie-up, which will […]
Amazon Echo Is The First Artificial Intelligence You'll Want At Home
Amazon Echo Is The First Artificial Intelligence You'll Want At Home Your home is about to get a whole lot smarter. On Monday, Amazon announced its artificially intelligent bluetooth speaker—the Amazon Echo—is being made publicly available for purchase. The Echo was first unveiled in November 2014, but it was sold on … Read more on Popular […]