Amazon and Apple are struggling to place generative AI expertise of their digital assistants — Alexa and Siri, respectively — based on a pair of stories that got here out on Friday.
Amazon hoped to launch its new Alexa throughout an occasion in New York on February 26. Now Amazon plans to delay the discharge of its generative AI-powered Alexa till March or later, according to the Washington Post.
In the meantime, Bloomberg reports that Apple’s AI overhaul of Siri is operating into engineering issues and software program bugs. Some new options round Siri that have been deliberate for launch in April is probably not prepared till Could or later.
Amazon and Apple hoped to launch these up to date merchandise rapidly to compete with next-gen AI voice assistants, comparable to OpenAI’s Superior Voice Mode and Google’s Gemini Stay. Nevertheless, these efforts should not going based on plan.