Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- According to foreign media outlet The Verge, theAmazonThe new version of the company, which has been reinvented based on artificial intelligence Alexa The official release has been delayed until next year.
Amazon first announced a new version of Alexa last September, and its main focus in the nowvoice assistantThe new Alexa beta, which gives users access to AI big-modeling capabilities on top of their Echo speakers (similar to Siri with the addition of "Apple's AI," Apple Intelligence), was previously available for users to chat with via their Echo speakers, but Amazon has quietly shut down the beta feature for the time being.
Bloomberg's "sources" claim that Amazon believes the current version of Alexa is lacking in capability.It's "slow, stiff, and less functional" and disrupts the Echo speaker's original ability to control your smart home.As a result, the company ultimately chose to "redesign Alexa's brain" and delayed the release of the AI until next year.