Amazon's AI-powered Alexa offers new and improved features for just about every user. Here's how to get started and whether you should buy a new Echo device to try it out.

Amazon's AI-powered Alexa offers new and improved features for just about every user. Here's how to get started and whether you should buy a new Echo device to try it out.

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Amazon wants Alexa+ to handle your life, but it's running into more privacy scares than any other AI tool around you. It must set a new precedent, or risk widening the trust problem.

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