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Amazon Alexa Can Now Immediately Delete Your Voice Recordings

Amazon appears to be making good on its effort to keep tightening privacy for its Alexa-powered devices, even after the hot-button issue has cooled down this year. From a report: The most notable change is a new option to automatically delete your voice recordings immediately after they are processed by Alexa. A written transcript of these recordings will still be available…

Samsung teases reveal of ‘artificial human’ AI

The technology giant will be revealing a potentially ‘next level’ artificial intelligence known as NEON next week. Amazon Alexa, which sits in your ho… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333379/samsung-teases-reveal-of-artificial-human-ai…

Crush your learning goals with Coursera in the car and Amazon Alexa

By Alex Sanchez, Product Management, Mobile Experiences and Emerging Technology at Coursera No two learner journeys are the same. We’ve seen great diversity across learners in their preferred times, days, and learning session lengths, while some choose to learn via desktop and others embrace mobile. In other words, the flexible options provided by Coursera are […]
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Coursera Introduces Amazon Alexa Skill to Support Learning Goals

By Alex Sanchez, Product Management, Mobile Experiences and Emerging Technology at Coursera Today, we’re excited to announce a skill for Amazon Alexa that will help learners keep up in courses and achieve their personal and professional goals. Starting next month, learners can access course assignment and quiz scores, due dates, and progress updates by simply […]
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Schoolchildren in China Work Overnight To Produce Amazon Alexa Devices

Hundreds of schoolchildren have been drafted in to make Amazon’s Alexa devices in China as part of a controversial and often illegal attempt to meet production targets, documents seen by the Guardian reveal. From a report: Interviews with workers and leaked documents from Amazon’s supplier Foxconn show that many of the children have been required to work nights and overtime to…

Amazon Quietly Gives Alexa’s Voice Recordings a ‘No Human Review’ Option

“Amazon Alexa users can now choose whether human reviewers listen to recordings of their exchanges with the AI assistant,” reports VentureBeat, citing an Amazon spokesperson. To ensure people don’t listen to voice recordings collected following each exchange with Alexa, go to Settings, tap the Alexa Privacy link, then choose Manage How Your Data Improves Alexa. Users can also delete their voice…

BMW To Treat Apple CarPlay as a Subscription Service and Charge Customers an Annual Fee

BMW will turn Apple CarPlay into a subscription service beginning with its 2019-model-year vehicles. From a report: The German automaker currently charges a one-time $300 to add Apple CarPlay capability to navigation-equipped BMW models. Going forward, though, navigation-equipped BMWs will come with CarPlay at no charge for one year. Following that first year, customers will need to pay an annual fee…

Google Contractors Are Secretly Listening To Your Assistant Recordings

A new report from Belgian broadcaster VRT News describes the process by which Google Home recordings end up being listened to by contractors — and the scary part is that it apparently doesn’t take much, if anything, to start a recording. While the recordings are not listened to live, audio clips are sent to subcontractors. The Next Web reports: VRT, with…