Amazon is preparing to announce the launch of a new version of their smart assistant Alexa with LLM on February 26th. However, the latest reports indicate that the service will not be immediately available due to encountering a significant number of bugs.
Citing sources within Amazon, The Washington Post reported that the testing of the new Alexa has identified accuracy issues in responses, leading to a delay in the rollout with the earliest launch date being pushed back to March 31st or later. Despite this setback, the announcement date remains unchanged.
The new version of Alexa powered by AI has been previewed by Amazon since late 2023 but has seen multiple delays in its launch throughout 2024 with news that it is still not ready for deployment until the recent announcement made last week.
This situation may suggest that Amazon’s postponement of the launch of the upgraded version of their smart assistant is not an isolated incident. Just yesterday, there were reports that Apple may also delay the release of a new Siri model.
Source: The Washington Post
TLDR: Amazon delays the release of the new Alexa version due to bugs and accuracy issues, while Apple may also postpone the launch of a new Siri model.
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