"Smart rings, smart screens, smart TVs, smart pins, smart ... ice cube makers? Sure, why not! AI was everywhere at this year's Consumer Electronics Show ( CES) in Las Vegas, where companies large and small were showing off how they're bringing AI to more devices. For Amazon, CES was a time to show off its newest acquisition in the space: Bee, an AI device that can be worn as a clip-on pin or a bracelet."
"Amazon already has an entry in the AI consumer devices space with Alexa, whose upgraded AI-powered version, Alexa+, can run on 97% of the hardware devices Amazon has shipped. However, with Bee, the company is gaining access to a wearable that could extend its reach outside the home. Largely designed for recording conversations like interviews, meetings, or classes, Bee also works as an AI companion."
""We see each other as complementary friends," says Bee co-founder Maria de Lourdes Zollo of Bee's relationship with Alexa, in an interview at CES last week. "Bee has the understanding of outside the house, and Alexa has the understanding of inside the house. Of course, there will be a future where these two things come together." That future doesn't yet mean Bee's AI will be replaced by Alexa."
Amazon showcased Bee, a wearable AI clip or bracelet designed to record conversations such as interviews, meetings, and classes while functioning as an AI companion. Bee accesses world knowledge and learns from user recordings plus permitted services including Gmail, Google Calendar, phone contacts, and Apple Health. Alexa+ is Amazon's upgraded AI voice assistant that can run on 97% of Amazon-shipped hardware. Bee aims to expand Amazon's presence outside the home and is positioned as complementary to in-home voice assistants rather than as a direct replacement.
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