Amazon Echo users will no longer have the possibility of processing their Alexa requests locally, which means that all their voice records will be sent to the company’s cloud.
ARS Technica reports Friday, Amazon sent an email to customers who have “not sending voice recordings” activated on their Smart Echo speakers, indicating that the company would stop supporting the function of improving confidentiality March 28.
“While we continue to extend Alexa’s capacities with generative AI features that are based on the treatment power of the secure cloud of Amazon, we decided not to take care of this functionality,” said the email.
This occurs while Amazon deploys a new version of his assistant AI controlled by the voice, Now known as Alexa +. Consumers and regulators have raised concerns about the implications of Alexa’s confidentiality in the past, with Amazon agrees to pay $ 25 million In 2023, regulation with the Federal Trade Commission on children’s privacy.
