just_another_person@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAlexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billionswww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down19cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months agoWe have had stories like this one where marketers claim to be able to actively listen: https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/ Whether you believe them or not is important. But they are secretly claiming to have this capability.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·5 months agoArticle doesn’t mention Alexa which is specifically what we’re talking about, but I get your point.
We have had stories like this one where marketers claim to be able to actively listen:
https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/
Whether you believe them or not is important. But they are secretly claiming to have this capability.
Article doesn’t mention Alexa which is specifically what we’re talking about, but I get your point.