ALEXA'S NEW AI BRAIN IS STUCK IN THE LAB

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Amazon executives were confident a beta version of a new and improved Alexa was doable by early 2024. However, the timeline started slipping - the deadline has been moved to 2025. Alexa's conversational abilities have improved, but it still has issues and struggles with some tasks. Getting Alexa right is important for Amazon given the huge portion of kids and families that use Echo hardware.