Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds
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The three biggest players in voice assistants –– Google, Apple and Amazon –– have radically different approaches to profiling users.

The three biggest players in voice assistants –– Google, Apple and Amazon –– have radically different approaches to profiling users, Northeastern University researchers say.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    20 hours ago

    That handles automation, but can’t freestyle questions.

    “Hey Google, convert (metric) to (Imperial).”

    “Hey Google, weather today?”

    “Hey Google, what’s the capital of Kakistan?”

    I have a ceiling-mounted mini in almost every room and just toss questions around while I work or play. Or, just ask it to play music. (Which went to shit when I cancelled Spotify.)

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Or, just ask it to play music. (Which went to shit when I cancelled Spotify.)

      I learned how to get Home assistant working JUST to restore this feature. Fuck you Google for not supporting other services despite supporting controlling them once it starts going ugh