Amazon Alexa might be getting a cool new feature in the near future. The company plans on offering an update that would allow the AI voice assistant to mimic voices, which basically means that Alexa can sound like whoever you want it to.
According to a Reuters report, the popular online retailer and tech giant plans on offering users an Alexa that sounds like their grandmothers, a former president, or just about anyone else. During the MARS conference held earlier this week in the US, Amazon senior vice president Rohit Prasad stated that the idea is to let Alexa copy anyone’s voice after hearing it for less than a minute.
Prasad also added that the goal is to have Alexa help “make the memories last” after “so many of us have lost someone we love” during the pandemic. Although, it is currently unknown when the company plans on rolling out this feature but we know its coming sometime in the future. Notably, there are possibilities of illegal and criminal activities being performed through this feature. But there should be some levels of safeguards as well.
Furthermore, the new feature for Alexa can also have applications as a companion feature. In the video shared by Amazon, a child asks that “Alexa, can grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?” Alexa then proceeds to read the children’s book using the kid’s deceased grandmother voice. So, it is a sweet and wholesome feature, if not a bit creepy as well.
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