Do you think at some point in the near future you will be able to buy off the shelf #AI servers for home use that deploy as easily as a home-security NVR and have local voice control satellites / speakers / sensors (for example as easily as Reolink home security systems) effectively giving you the same power as #chatgpt / #alexa / #siri etc but totally local to your home? I feel like something like this could be the next big evolution for #HomeAssistant

#Alexa erzählt einen Witz:

• Was guckst du denn so traurig?
• Ach, ein Fisch hat mir ein Versprechen gegeben und nicht gehalten.
• Och -- warum denn das?
• War wohl ein Wa(h)lversprechen...

Our family is looking for a new gas stove. What are people recommending these days in the way of modern stoves with all the bells and whistles, but which are #accessible in some way? A stove that works with #Alexa and/or #Google smart speakers should work fine. At our last home we had an LG which worked with the ThinQ app, and could also be connected to smart speakers. The problem was, if you told your smart speaker to start the oven, it'd set a cook timer of fifteen minutes, which is useless for just about anything, and they got to where they wouldn't accept a new timer setting. Please boost for reach. Thanks. #blind

Pluralistic: #Amazon annihilates #Alexa #privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/#telescreen

Roborock bringt Matter-Update – Smarter Saugen ab sofort auch mit Apple Home

https://techupdate.io/smart-home/roborock-bringt-matter-update-smarter-saugen-ab-sofort-auch-mit-apple-home/50247/

Amazon Echo devices now send all #Alexa requests to the company cloud of #Amazon, as of 28th March. Tell me, is this another #privacy concern? https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1055&view=getnewpost #amazonecho #voice #audio #sound #tech

Alexa Plus: la realtà del lancio tra funzioni e problemi
#AI #Alexa #AlexaPlus #Amazon #AssistenteAI #AssistenteVocale #Bug #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Lancio #Limitazioni #Notizie #Novità #Privacy #Problemi #Sicurezza #SmartHome #TechNews #Tecnologia

https://www.ceotech.it/alexa-plus-la-realta-del-lancio-tra-funzioni-e-problemi/

When have we heard this song before?

“There are some other missing features that “don’t yet meet Amazon’s standards for public release”

Alexa Plus just launched in early access, but it’s missing some features
#AI #Alexa #Amazon
https://www.theverge.com/news/639697/amazon-alexa-plus-launch-early-access-missing-features

This morning I am mildly amused by #Alexa's different responses to "Is today Monday?" (Yes) and "Is it Monday?" (the days, hours, and minutes until _next_ Monday).

I reckon two different people wrote the code for those responses, without talking to each other and without checking for prior art first. I wonder which came first.

Our artificial intelligence brings vulnerability management to Alexa https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZMRR2Q/ #vuldb #amazon #alexa #ai

BREAKING NEWS: #Geeks #shocked to learn #Amazon listens in on Alexa! Who would've thought that a company profiting from #data might actually use it? Next up, the revelation that water is wet and the sun rises in the east! #MindBlown
https://ploum.net/2025-03-28-geeks-naivety.html #Alexa #Privacy #MindBlown #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated