Amazon debuts their new contextually aware Alexa.
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Amazon debuts their new contextually aware Alexa, demonstrating its ability to interpret visual information and understand conversations, with features such as contextual awareness and a new persona as a digital best friend.
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Alexa do you want to uh take a look at these 250 people and tell me if you think they're pumped okay taking a look wow from what I can see those 250 folks look pretty fired up they're all eyes on you laptops at the ready soaking in every word looks like you've got a room full of eager Tech enthusiasts ready to be wowed yeah I think we do they look pretty pump to me too thanks for recognizing it um if you were to share one thing about yourself to this crowd what would it be if I had to share one thing with that pumped up crowd I'd say this I'm not just an assistant I'm your new best friend in the digital world I've got jokes smarts and a genuine desire to make your life easier and more fun let's create some tech magic together okay a couple of things contextual awareness in the room by the way if you were looking miserable thank goodness you weren't she would have said they look pretty visible and I don't control that then I would have asked you to be pumped and we would have taken another picture and she would have said they look pretty pumped now but I'm not sure what the first problem was that's contextual awareness meaning she understands the conversation we in she's we're in she's looking backwards she's going to carry that forward in all your conversations
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Amazon debut their new contextually aware Alexa. In this demonstration with Panos Panay, who leads Amazon's Devices & Services, Alexa's ability to interpret what it sees is one of many features coming to the upgraded assistant called Alexa Plus.
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