Amazon and Apple are struggling to place generative AI know-how of their digital assistants — Alexa and Siri, respectively — based on a pair of studies that got here out on Friday.
Amazon hoped to launch its new Alexa throughout an occasion in New York on February 26. Now Amazon plans to delay the discharge of its generative AI-powered Alexa till March or later, based on the Washington Publish.
In the meantime, Bloomberg studies that Apple’s AI overhaul of Siri is working into engineering issues and software program bugs. Some new options round Siri that had been deliberate for launch in April might not be prepared till Might or later.
Amazon and Apple hoped to launch these up to date merchandise rapidly to compete with next-gen AI voice assistants, similar to OpenAI’s Superior Voice Mode and Google’s Gemini Reside. Nonetheless, these efforts will not be going based on plan.
