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11/19/24

Softer, lesser, slower, weaker: The long-delayed new Alexa upgrade is still a mess

It’s a common complaint that smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa are no longer as good as they used to be. The Big Tech companies that make these assistants — Google, Apple, Amazon — were hoping the advent of gen AI would help fix things.

That’s not yet the case.

In fact, Fortune’s Jason Del Rey reported that Amazon employees say the long-delayed new AI-based Alexa takes too long to respond to questions or complete tasks and gives subpar results when it does answer.

This is bound to frustrate users who were hoping for a smarter, faster assistant, and one reason Amazon is reportedly pushing back the release until 2025.

Exclusive: Leaked Amazon memos identify critical flaws in the upcoming AI version of Alexa

Exclusive: Leaked Amazon memos identify critical flaws in the upcoming AI version of Alexa

In fact, Fortune’s Jason Del Rey reported that Amazon employees say the long-delayed new AI-based Alexa takes too long to respond to questions or complete tasks and gives subpar results when it does answer.

This is bound to frustrate users who were hoping for a smarter, faster assistant, and one reason Amazon is reportedly pushing back the release until 2025.

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Tesla’s EV market share declined to 38% in August

In August, Tesla’s share of the US EV market fell to 38%, according to new data from Cox Automotive reported by Reuters. Tesla’s market share fell below 50% for the first time last year, as competitors’ EVs began hitting the market. Now, as Tesla’s own sales slip more drastically than they had last year, it’s giving up even more ground. Tesla’s market share fell from 48.7% in June to 42% in July to 38% in August, according to Reuters. That slide has come even as buyers rushing to take advantage of the federal tax credit that ends this month provide a near-term boon for sales at Tesla and other EV makers.

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OpenAI now expects to burn around $115 billion through 2029 — a full $80 billion higher than the company had previously estimated, The Information reports.

Just how much is that? It’s roughly equivalent to:

Fortunately for OpenAI, which is raising money at a $500 billion valuation, its revenue is also growing faster than expected. The ChatGPT maker now expects to make $13 billion in revenue this year and $200 billion in 2030.

An annotated photo of who attended the tech dinner at the White House.

An interactive who's-who of the tech execs at Trump's White House dinner

The White House invited a gaggle of top founders and tech executives for an intimate dinner at the White House.

Jon Keegan9/5/25

Apple of my Eye

Apple’s latest phone is betting on looks, while Google looks inward

Apple gets a hardware upgrade. Google gets a software overhaul.

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The world’s biggest illegal sports streaming platform just got shut down

Where piracy is concerned, authorities are playing an almost never-ending game of “whack-a-mole.”

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