In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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

  • galaxies_collide@lemmy.worldEnglish
    571·
    9 months ago

    So they get massive amounts of free data for Machine Learning, but want to charge users for supplying it?

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      271·
      9 months ago

      It’s like charging you for cable and then shoving ads down your throat.

    • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      9 months ago

      That’s often the case. They can have their cake and eat it too. Shareholders would expect nothing less.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I think the data is probably less valuable than people think, especially if the users expect an AI response whenever a data point can be collected from them.