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With ‘Amit ji’, Amazon Alexa users can now interact with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice

Unnati Sharma - 20 August, 2021

Amitabh Bachchan is the first Indian celebrity to lend his voice to Amazon's Alexa. American actors like Samuel L. Jackson and Melissa McCarthy have also done so in the past.

Alexa voice commands can help MSMEs get back on their feet after lockdown

K. Narasimhan - 30 September, 2020

The MSME sector has been impacted badly by the Covid-19 pandemic, but e-commerce has shown resilience. It’s time for MSMEs to embrace voice commands.

Hey Alexa, will Amitabh Bachchan be Uncle Anushashan or Silsila’s romantic rebel?

Tina Das - 17 September, 2020

It will be a treat to have the most powerful man in Bollywood do your household chores. As long as Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t make Alexa spout superstitious mumbo-jumbos.

Move over Siri, Google Assistant, Amitabh Bachchan is coming to Alexa

Saritha Rai - 14 September, 2020

Amitabh Bachchan’s baritone will soon deliver a unique voice experience to the many Indian customers who use Alexa, Amazon announced.

Siri & Alexa under fire in EU’s antitrust inquiry into ‘Internet of things’

Aoife White - 16 July, 2020

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said voice assistants change how we 'interact with things' & may present users with limited options and not an array of choices.

Google claims over 500 million people use its digital assistant monthly

Gerrit De Vynck - 8 January, 2020

The number is far ahead of rival Amazon which was used in 100 million gadgets last year and gives a glimpse into the war between tech giants including Apple and Facebook.

Amazon comes up with new tools to address Alexa privacy woes

Matt Day - 26 September, 2019

The e-commerce giant introduced an opt-in feature that lets Alexa users automatically delete their verbal recordings regularly, on a rolling three-month or 18-month basis.

Amazon’s Alexa masters Hindi and Hinglish in time for Diwali

Saritha Rai - 18 September, 2019

The new Amazon Echo will speak English, Hindi & Hinglish and switch automatically between all three. It will hit the market in time for Diwali shopping.

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe user audio files

Sarah Frier - 14 August, 2019

The transcription work has rattled contract employees as they listen to conversations of Facebook users, sometimes with vulgar content.

Amazon gives option to disable human review of Alexa recordings

Matt Day - 5 August, 2019

The new policy allows Amazon customers to opt out of human review of their voice recordings amid criticism it violated customers’ privacy.

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Topic: Alexa

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

The four-point plan to revive Pakistan’s economy—from land reform to real estate

Zoya Akhtar’s films on rich people appealed to the masses. ‘The Archies’ does not

Auction for your eyeballs: Google is sharing our personal data at a staggering scale

Economy

Bad timing could hamper LIC IPO

Defence

India ‘doesn’t foresee’ border fighting with China, but ‘won’t back down’ if tensions reignite

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