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Samsung AI-Upgraded Bixby Voice Assistant Coming This Year

Samsung reportedly confirms it will launch the upgraded voice assistant Bixby this year, that will feature its own AI models

“Desperate attempt” to monetise service. AI upgrade of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant will entail a monthly $5 or even $10 fee

Test by MacDonald’s to replace human servers with AI-based voice assistants for its drive-through (or drive-thru) is to end

Alexa voice assistant to be upgraded with AI capabilities, and users charged a monthly fee not included in Prime, report states

OpenAI pulls synthetic voice released with an update to ChatGPT, amid complaint from actress Scarlett Johansson

Samsung's Bixby voice assistant could be upgraded with generative artificial intelligence technology, executive says

More job layoffs again at Amazon's Alexa division, on top of the 27,000 jobs already let go in the past twelve months

Hardware boss insists Amazon is still committed to its Alexa voice assistant, despite major restructuring and job losses

Amazon admission in letter to US senator re-ignites privacy row over Alexa and its range of smart speakers

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DSP's ultra-low-power Alexa-enabled voice processor aims to put Amazon's assistant into battery-powered gadgets