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		square_usual 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn a... They sold 500 million really cheap speakers. The voice assistant is mostly doing the same thing Siri does, i.e. set timers.

walterbell 6 months ago [–]

For the elderly (TAM ~= 100% of US humans.. eventually) and disabled, Alexa is life changing. Sadly, Amazon has not invested in those use cases. It's an ideal market for Apple voice control + HomeKit privacy + local LLMs, if and when they get their act together.

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