Amazon has pushed back its launch of an AI-powered upgrade for the popular voice assistant Alexa, citing issues with providing inaccurate answers. The delay is expected to be at least a month after the original announcement event on February 26th. According to internal documents and messages seen by The Washington Post, the new Alexa features include personality adoption, conversation recall, and ordering takeout or calling a taxi. The upgrade was originally set to launch as a free trial later this month but is now expected to arrive on March 31st or later due to testing problems. This delay follows months of rumors about Amazon’s struggles with its generative AI plans, which were initially promised in 2023.
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