Facebook Wants an Alexa
Alexa.
Google Assistant.
As if we needed yet another artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, here comes Facebook:
Facebook is working on a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and the Google Assistant, according to several people familiar with the matter.
It’s unclear how exactly Facebook envisions people using the assistant, but it could potentially be used on the company’s Portal video chat smart speakers, the Oculus headsets or other future projects.
The Facebook assistant faces stiff competition. Amazon and Google are far ahead in the smart speaker market with 67% and 30% shares in the U.S. in 2018, respectively, according to eMarketer.
We're being overrun with AI -- causing a plague of laziness and a letting down of our defenses.
Beware.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
