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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 155 points 9 months ago

Alexa is so bad though. Who's going to pay for that?

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 81 points 9 months ago

“By the way, you can now pay for Alexa AI option if you want me to reply in a slightly smarter way, but I will still cut you off with ads and other useless things. To activate AlexaAI say activate”

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 27 points 9 months ago

"No"

"I heard 'activate'. Thank you! Your credit card will be charged $129 annually. To cancel, please log on to the website because there's no way we're letting you get out of this mess the same way we got you into it."

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

To cancel, please log on to the website because there's no way we're letting you get out of this mess the same way we got you into it.

Unless you're in California

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