Utah People's Post

The Latest News from the Beehive State

Sunday, July 3, 2022
Log in
  • National News
    • Female Caseworker Killed & Doctor Shot in Philadelphia
  • State News
    • Car Chase Leads to Drug Arrest
  • Tech & Science
  • Health
    • How to Prepare For Ticks Season
    • Magical Weight Loss Bean Scam
  • Sports
  • Business
You are here: Home / Technology / Amazon’s Alexa Will Say ‘Sorry’ When You’re in a Bad Mood

Amazon’s Alexa Will Say ‘Sorry’ When You’re in a Bad Mood

June 14, 2016 Posted by Emma Carter

alt= Amazon Echo

Virtual assistants are the future, right? Commended as the next big thing, next to augmented and virtual reality, these digital personal assistants are getting fancier – and scarier, if we’re being honest – with rumored features like integrated Google services and facial recognition.

And then we have Alexa, which has yet to learn how to perform a Google search and actually get it right. But as the arms race gains traction, Amazon hopes customers will like Alexa best if she can learn to tell when you’re mad or upset and apologize quickly for playing you the wrong album.

A source familiar with the matter told MIT Technology Review that great plans are in store for Alexa, or Amazon Echo. The research team is currently working on creating natural-language-processing updates that will help the assistant detect emotion in someone’s voice.

At the same time, it will remember and make connections between known information about a user and their requests. For instance, if Alexa knows that you’re a Seattle resident, it’ll factor in that information when offering an answer to the question “How are the Hawks doing?”

Or, if she knows you’re a big fan of Beyoncé, it’ll increase the chances of Alexa recognizing your requests for her music in the future. All these new features are definitely intriguing, but what happens when Alexa will mess something up?

This is where the rumored emotion-detection technology comes in. The software itself is not a novelty; you’ve surely heard an automated telephone system apologizing to you saying, “I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand” after you started yelling because you lost your temper.

Amazon simply hopes to incorporate an improved and more sensitive version of this system into Alexa. With the increasing competition in the field of virtual assistants – Microsoft’s Cortana and Apple’s Siri are two of the biggest ones – Amazon needs to step up its game.

And other competitors are (supposedly) about to hit the market, such as Google’s rumored Echo competitor. The latter makes sense, given the impressive voice recognition and search capabilities of Google.

At least Alexa could be the first to say “sorry” when you get mad at her inefficiency!
Image Source: PC Magazine

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Email

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Alexa personal assistant, Alexa says sorry, Alexa voice assistant, Amazon, Amazon Alexa

mm

About Emma Carter

Emma is a Europe based writer who never imagined that one day she would be covering news from all around the world. She holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistic studies and her love for words drove her to journalism. Emma is dedicated to social issues and believes that writing about justice and equality is a good start in leaving her footprint behind.

Woman working out at the gym

Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

United Airlines airplane

Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston

June 28, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Breakfast sandwich

Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poppy flower

UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

U.S.-Canada border

French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border

June 26, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Plus size model

Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

June 25, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Giant manta ray

Unique Manta Ray Nursery Spotted off Texas Coast

June 23, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

The rainbow flag

WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

June 22, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

June 21, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Kenyan girls dancing

Kenyans Facing Poor Nutrition as Supermarket Shopping Is on the Rise

June 20, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Pages

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Recent Posts

  • Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)
  • Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston
  • Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat
  • UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply
  • French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

Related Articles

  • Vintage radio

    Samsung Equipping Its Smartphones with Active FM Chips

    Jan 14, 2018
  • Apple Watch user

    Apple Is Officially the World’s Largest Wearable Producer

    Nov 16, 2017
  • Overwatch logo on a black background

    Hundreds of Chinese Players Get Banned from Playing Overwatch

    Nov 5, 2017
  • Captcha test displaying a series of letters

    Advanced AI System Manages to Fool Captcha Tests and Pass as Human

    Oct 28, 2017
  • Facebook app on a black phone

    Publishers Worldwide Are Afraid of Facebook’s News Feed Experiment

    Oct 25, 2017
  • Woman writing texts on an iPhone

    Japanese Company Sues Apple for the Animoji Trademark

    Oct 22, 2017
  • Teenagers looking at their smartphones

    Facebook Acquires the Teen Favorite App Tbh

    Oct 18, 2017
  • Mark Zuckerberg talking at a conference

    Zuckerberg Apologizes for the VR Video about Puerto Rico

    Oct 12, 2017
  • Presentation of Adblock Plus

    Malicious Developers Tricked Thousands of People with a Fake Adblock Plus Extension

    Oct 11, 2017
  • Master Chief jumping in a cave

    Microsoft Hides Clever Easter Egg Inside the Xbox One X Console

    Oct 8, 2017

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Provo
  • Salt Lake News
  • Science
  • Sports
  • State News
  • Tech & Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • West Jordan
  • West Valley City
  • World

Copyright © 2022 utahpeoplespost.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Site Map · Contact