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Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (www.reuters.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be able to find a use for Alexa if they were paying me $10/month to use it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd buy 2, start a neverending conversation going between them, and lock em away in the corner in the attic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Make it three, call it The Ellipsis