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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec (www.businessinsider.com)
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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can record and edit videos on your own devices, but that doesn't mean it's suddenly free for Netflix or YouTube to stream their videos to you.

Surely a local version of Alexa could be developed, but that development would come with its own costs.
Some things simply can't be done locally, such as a web search. Often your route calculations for a map application are also done in the cloud.