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    Amazon’s Alexa boss on privacy concerns Jump to media player Amazon’s head of Alexa, Dave Limp, tells the BBC why his team is researching how to make the voice assistant understand emotion.
    • 15 Jun 19
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    Amazon executive on facial recognition ethics Jump to media player Amazon executive Werner Vogels tells the BBC's Dave Lee that the firm is can not be held responsible for how its artificial intelligence technology is used.
    • 15 Jun 19
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Amazon’s Alexa boss Dave Limp on privacy concerns

Amazon’s head of Alexa, Dave Limp tells the BBC why his team is researching how to make the voice assistant understand emotion – and whether it could do more to make customers aware of how data is analysed by humans.

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  • 15 Jun 2019
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