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		ignoramous on Jan 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ChatGPT in an iOS Shortcut: Smart HomeKit Voice As... Not really. Amazon has already started working on "generalizable intelligence" [0] for Alexa inspired by GPT-3 (as they say so themselves) and released to production at least one model (viz Alexa Teacher Model) based on that effort: https://archive.is/gItZq / https://www.amazon.science/blog/scaling-multilingual-virtual... [0] https://archive.is/UlCpM / https://www.amazon.science/blog/alexas-head-scientist-on-con...

Karunamon on Jan 22, 2023 [–]

Worth mentioning that article is from last June, but in December Amazon laid off 10,000 people, most of which were in the Alexa division.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/12/06/amazon-stock-new...

jldugger on Jan 22, 2023 | [–]

> in December Amazon laid off 10,000 people, most of which were in the Alexa division

Maybe the new tech worked _really well_.

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