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i686-powered lia

@b9AcE But the thing is that that's already what we've been doing for decades at this point.

Digital assistants like #Siri or #Alexa have been interpreting the user's intention and forwarding it to the necessary modules, so-called "skills", forever. Those skills can do stuff like query trusted APIs for info and so on.

I work in this field, by the way; I've built my own conversational chat bots before the whole LLM takeover. I think it's incredibly sad that things went this way.

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Andy Warburton ❌❌❌

Do you think at some point in the near future you will be able to buy off the shelf #AI servers for home use that deploy as easily as a home-security NVR and have local voice control satellites / speakers / sensors (for example as easily as Reolink home security systems) effectively giving you the same power as #chatgpt / #alexa / #siri etc but totally local to your home? I feel like something like this could be the next big evolution for #HomeAssistant

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apfeltalk :verified:

Porsche verzichtet auf Apples Next-Gen CarPlay in neuem PCM-System
Porsche setzt bei seinem neuen Infotainmentsystem auf Eigenentwicklungen. Das Next-Gen CarPlay von Apple bleibt jedoch außen vor. Diese Entscheidung könnte Apples Automobilstrat
apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/pors
#News #Tellerrand #Zubehr #2026Modelle #Alexa #Apple #CarPlay #DolbyAtmos #Infotainment #NextGenCarPlay #PCMSystem #Porsche #PorscheAppCenter

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Artair Geal :trek: :bearpride:

Today #Amazon will force all your voice data from #Alexa through its #AI cloud. That means every word spoken in its presence goes right to Amazon Corporate. Worse, you can't disable this.

Oh, and if you think it isn't sending random conversations to HQ, you don't know Amazon's legal history. They even record children on their kiddie devices -- and store the data indefinitely.

Unless you want to mute the device 24x7 and make it useless, today's the day to ditch Alexa.

pcmag.com/news/reminder-your-a

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Paco Hope #resist

So this arrived today. Gonna try to get rid of my #Alexa from #Amazon by switching to #HomeAssistant’s voice assistant. My HA setup is a docker container hand made and it’s about 5 years old. Always feels a little fragile so I don’t update it often. The onboarding out of the box didn’t work. So I think I have to upgrade the container.

They also want my iPhone app to have Bluetooth permissions. That’s fine. But it doesn’t have them. I looked in the security settings and I haven’t denied it. It’s not listed under Bluetooth at all. I think that means the app hasn’t requested permissions yet. I don’t know how to make it ask. #homeautomation

Photo of a brown cardboard box with a bright orange label and white writing that says “Home Assistant Voice”
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apfeltalk :verified:

Amazon beendet lokale Verarbeitung von Alexa-Anfragen
Ab dem 28. März 2025 stellt Amazon eine Funktion ein, die es bestimmten Echo-Geräten ermöglichte, Sprachbefehle lokal zu verarbeiten. Diese Entscheidung markiert einen Wende
apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/amaz
#News #Tellerrand #Alexa #Amazon #Cloud #Datenschutz #EchoGerte #GenerativeKnstlicheIntelligenz #KI #LokaleVerarbeitung #Privatsphre #Sprachassistenten #Sprachverarbeitung

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PrivacyDigest

Everything You Say to Your #Echo Will Soon Be Sent to #Amazon , and You Can't Opt Out

Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” #privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster #Alexa+ , its new subscription assistant.
#alexa

wired.com/story/everything-you

WIRED · Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt OutBy Scharon Harding, Ars Technica
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RiffReporter

In den 90er Jahren entwickelte Sepp Hochreiter ein System, das Jahrzehnte später den #KI-Boom auslöste. Doch kaum einer kennt den Professor für maschinelles Lernen, dessen Forschung für #Siri und #Alexa genutzt wurde. Christian J. Meier stellt den stillen Pionier vor: riffreporter.de/de/technik/sep

RiffReporter · „Ohne Sepp kein Siri“: Warum den Professor, der den KI-Boom auslöste, kaum jemand kenntBy Dr. Christian J. Meier
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Joe Ortiz

You might as well throw your Echo and Alexa-powered devices in the trash like you should have done years ago.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Cory (@pluralistic) with a banger of a post:

pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/alt

And this factoid:

"Congress hasn't passed a consumer #privacy law since 1988, when the Video Privacy Protection Act banned video store clerks from disclosing which VHS cassettes you brought home."

In this photo illustration, Echo Dot smart speaker with working Alexa with blue light ring seen displayed.
Ars Technica · Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28By Scharon Harding
#Amazon#Echo#Alexa
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Ainz Ooal Gown

#Alexa #AI
O recurso da Alexa de "Não Enviar Gravações de Voz" não vai estar mais disponível a partir do dia 28 de março. Agora, tudo será enviado para o servidor de nuvem da Amazon e pode se tornar parte do treinamento LLM. Só a Amazon sabe o que eles vão fazer com todos esses dados.

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