I’ve been talking to Alexa for over a decade now. One of the earliest and arguably best chatbots has answered thousands of questions, played albums of songs, and turned on and off countless smart lights. It’s been consistent, trustworthy, and increasingly unremarkable.That was all supposed to change this year. Let’s go back to September 2023, when outgoing Amazon hardware chief David Limp gave us an eye-popping demo of an all-new AI and LLM-powered Alexa that sounded more human, remembered context,
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