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Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (www.reuters.com)

submitted 5 months ago by cloudless@lemmy.cafe to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] androogee@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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