People are using their Alexa speakers as glorified timers, and it’s cost Amazon $25 billion – but is AI the answer?

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Amazon has sold millions of Echo smart speakers, but its smart home devices are still making a massive loss according to internal documents and those with inside knowledge of the business. Now, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is trying to turn things around – but it’s not going to be easy.It’s widely rumored that Amazon will soon be introducing a paid tier for Alexa, with an AI-enhanced version of the smart assistant available as a monthly add-on to Amazon Prime
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