Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS), Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA

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A news anchor set off viewers Alexas to buy a bunch of dollhouses

Published on Jan 13, 2017

A lot of people in San Diego bought unwanted dollhouses thanks to a news anchor setting off their Amazon Alexa devices. So if this can happen, what other mistakes could?? Kim Horcher and John Rocha (Host -The CineFiles, Super Animation Gametime) break it down!

"Shh! you may want to turn down your television set because Alexa the internet-connected home assistant device may be listening.

The Amazon Echo system which does everything from getting your weather report to ordering more laundry detergent can also do some things you don’t want it to.*"

 

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Keynote: Conversational AI in Amazon Alexa - Ashwin Ram | Udacity Intersect 2017

Published on Mar 31, 2017

 

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Ashwin Ram, conversational AI in Amazon Alexa at The AI Conference 2017

Published on Jun 6, 2017

Dr. Ashwin Ram is Senior Manager of AI Science for Alexa, the intelligent agent that powers Amazon Echo and other devices. He leads R&D initiatives to create advanced technologies for conversational agents, including the university-facing Alexa Prize competition.

Dr. Ram is a distinguished artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He managed the Interactive Intelligence research area at PARC, leading a team to invent new behavior change technologies to help people adopt healthier lifestyles. He was a professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and director of the Cognitive Computing Lab. He has co-founded multiple startups, including OpenStudy (acquired by Brainly), an online social learning network, and Enkia (acquired by Sentiment360), which developed AI software for social media applications.

Conversational AI in Amazon Alexa
As we moved from the age of the keyboard, to the age of touch, and now to the age of voice, natural conversation in everyday language continues to be one of the ultimate challenges for AI. I will talk about why Conversational AI is hard, how conversational agents like Amazon Alexa understand and respond to voice interactions, how you can leverage these technologies for your own applications, and the challenges that still remain.

 

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Amazon's Echo devices can act as intercoms

Published on Jun 27, 2017

Just another way the online retailer and device maker is beating its competition.

If you've got multiple Amazon Echo devices throughout your home, you'll soon be able to use them as a connected intercom. Amazon just launched the feature today across the original Echo, Echo Dot and its new screen-toting Echo Show. We heard last month that the intercom capability was in the works, and it seemed like a given once Amazon brought hands-free calling and messaging across the Echo family. The company is rolling out the feature over the next few days, but be sure to update your Alexa app to access it.

"Amazon is turning every Echo device into an intercom"
It's a new addition to the Echo's hands-free calling feature.

by Devindra Hardawar
June 27, 2017

 

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Get $10 from Amazon by shopping with your voice

Published on Jul 5, 2017

Prime Day starts early, if you shop with your voice. Amazon offers extra deals for Prime members that use the Alexa voice assistant.

 

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How to get started with an Alexa smart home

Published on Jul 5, 2017

Here's how you can begin using Alexa to control your smart home.

 

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This TV has Amazon Alexa built-in, but it's not what you think

Published on Jul 12, 2017

The Element Amazon Fire TV Edition features thousands of apps and Alexa Voice control. So what's the catch?

 

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Getting started with the AVS Device SDK

Published on Aug 17, 2017

Introducing the AVS Device SDK, an easy-to-use SDK for commercial device makers integrating Amazon Alexa directly into their connected products.

 

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The future of Alexa

Published on Aug 29, 2017

CNET interviews three Amazon execs about the growth of voice computing.

 

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A chat with Pixie, Princeton University's socialbot

Published on Aug 29, 2017

Here's what it's like talking to a bot that runs on Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.

 

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Article "‘Cortana, Open Alexa,’ AmazonSays. And Microsoft Agrees."
In an unusual partnership, Amazon and Microsoft are working
together to extend the abilities of their voice-controlled digital assistants.

by Nick Wingfield
August 30, 2017

Cortana, intelligent personal assistant, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA

 

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How to set up your Alexa devices for multiroom playback

Published on Sep 11, 2017

Amazon allows you to stream music not just from one device, but through multiple Alexa devices around your home. Here's how to do it, and some caveats that come with it.

 

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New Amazon Echo Plus first look

Published on Sep 27, 2017

Amazon just announced a new Echo Plus speaker, in addition to a second-generation Echo and Echo Connect speaker phone. The Echo Plus doubles as a smart home hub, one that connects to various wireless protocols to set up and control connected home gadgets and appliances.

 

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Amazon's latest Alexa gadgets first look

Published on Sep 27, 2017

 

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How to make Alexa smarter with routines

Published on Nov 6, 2017

Control your entire smart home with a single command using Alexa routines.

"Control your smart home with a single command using Alexa routines"
Amazon recently introduced routines to Alexa, which lets you perform several actions using a single command. Here's how to set it up.

by Taylor Martin
November 6, 2017

 

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Alexa for Business: empower your organization to use Alexa

Uploaded on Nov 22, 2017

Today, people spend too much of their day on tedious tasks at work, like managing their calendars, dialing in to meetings, or searching for information. But Alexa can help solve this problem by acting as an intelligent assistant at work. Alexa for Business makes it easy for you to use Alexa in your organization. Alexa for Business gives you the tools you need to manage Alexa devices, enroll your users, and assign skills, at scale. You can build your own context-aware voice skills using the Alexa Skills Kit, and the Alexa for Business APIs, and you can make these available as private skills for your organization. Alexa for Business also makes it easy to voice-enable your products and services, providing context-aware voice experiences for your customers.

 

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Article "Inside Amazon's Artificial Intelligence flywheel"
How deep learning came to power Alexa, Amazon Web Services, and nearly every other division of the company.

by Steven Levy
February 1, 2018

 

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Meet Alexa: get more with Prime

Published on Feb 13, 2018

 

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A date with Amazon Alexa

Published on Feb 14, 2018

No need to dine alone this Valentines Day when you're an Amazon Prime member, so why wait for the future of robot dating when Alexa is already here?

 

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Amazon's Alexa has a really creepy laugh

Published on Mar 10, 2018

Alexa has a really creepy laugh. Kim breaks it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!

"Between the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies, we have more than enough cinematic evidence to argue that bringing back dinosaurs is a very bad idea. But luckily an upcoming mobile game will allow us to have our dinosaurs without all of the carnage that comes with them.

Universal and Ludia have teamed up to create Jurassic World Alive, an augmented reality game that allows you to collect DNA to unlock dinosaurs and create hybrid dinosaurs. You can walk around to find dinosaurs, but you also have the ability to collect DNA at home."