{"id":747,"date":"2025-07-12T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/24-hours-with-alexa-plus-we-cooked-we-chatted-and-it-kinda-lied-to-me\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:00:00","slug":"24-hours-with-alexa-plus-we-cooked-we-chatted-and-it-kinda-lied-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/24-hours-with-alexa-plus-we-cooked-we-chatted-and-it-kinda-lied-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"24 hours with Alexa Plus: we cooked, we chatted, and it kinda lied to me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThere\u2019s a new AI in the house.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

I’ve waited two years to try out the new Alexa<\/a>, which was first announced way back in 2023, and this week I finally got access to Alexa Plus. I’ve now spent 24 hours with Amazon’s generative AI-powered voice assistant<\/a>, and it’s not just an improvement on the original; it’s an entirely new assistant.<\/p>\n

Alexa Plus knows more, can do more, and is easier to interact with because it understands more. I can ramble, pause, sigh, cough, change my request mid-sentence, and it can adapt and respond appropriately. No more, \u00ab\u00a0Sorry, I’m not sure about that.\u00a0\u00bb Miraculous.<\/p>\n

I’m impressed, but unsurprisingly, I found a few flaws. It’s no secret that Amazon ha \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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