Alexa+ is here and its more powerful than Siri

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• Alexa+ is here and its more powerful than Siri

• Alibaba Drops Wan 2.1

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🤖 Alexa Just Got a Brain Upgrade

Remember when talking to Alexa felt like magic? You’d ask for a song, and boom it played. Well, things just got a whole lot more interesting.

Amazon just dropped Alexa+, a next-level AI assistant that’s smarter, chattier, and actually useful in new ways. Here’s what’s up:

• More Human, Less Robot: You can talk to Alexa+ the way you’d text a friend. Half-baked thoughts? Slang? No problem. She gets it.

• Turns Words into Actions: Book a table, order food, track deliveries, play music, lock your doors Alexa+ makes it happen.

• Knows You: It remembers stuff: your favorite meals, your kid’s soccer schedule, even that gluten-free thing your partner insists on.

• Runs Your Home: From lights to security cams to your Fire TV, Alexa+ can handle it all.

• Keeps Learning: You can feed it docs, emails, photos so it stays ahead of your life.

• It’s Free (If You Have Prime): Otherwise, it’s $19.99/month.

This is Amazon making Alexa feel less like a gadget and more like an actual assistant. If it works as promised, it could be a game-changer. If not? Well, at least she still plays music.

🚀Alibaba Drops Wan 2.1

Alibaba has announced that its AI model for generating images and videos, Wan 2.1, is now open-source and available to the public. This move is expected to intensify competition in the field of AI-generated content.

• Four versions of the Wan 2.1 model have been released, capable of generating images and videos from text and image inputs.

• The models are accessible globally through ModelScope and Hugging Face for research, academic, and commercial use.

• Alibaba’s announcement coincides with DeepSeek, a startup that recently launched open-source AI models and has gained attention for its competitive performance.

By open-sourcing its AI model, Alibaba is driving competition in the AI-generated content industry. Additionally, the company’s $52 billion investment in cloud computing and AI infrastructure over the next three years signals its strong commitment to leading this field.

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