Alexa amuses Patrick Stewart, says 'Captain Picard is my favourite'

Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos shared a video of him dropping in at the team which writes jokes for the company's artificial intelligence, Alexa with English actor Sir Patrick Stewart. Alexa gets her Star Trek moment when Stewart, who is famous for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek series, asks her about the best captain. To humor the 29-year-old actor, Alexa replies saying, 'Of all the captains in all the galaxies, Captain Picard is my favourite'. In the clip posted by Bezos, he earlier talks about how the team at Amazon is trying to enhance their AI with more 'personality' and a 'sense of humour'. 

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Amazon Alexa is multilingual

As far as content is concerned, this would be varied – viz Panchatantra stories, dialogues of Bollywood, jokes, music, and more. However, a major USP of the PDA is its ability to control homes in case these are smart. This includes the likes of Alexa being used to dim the lights at home. To have this new multilingual mode up and running, a software update is required to bring Alexa closer to speaking Hindi and English almost flawlessly. In fact, seeking Alexa’s help to have her multi-lingual mode set up is another good idea to implement.  

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If you think that your Alexa is ready to go bilingual, do try asking her the current temperature, the traffic conditions, or even the weather outside. These need to be in both English and Hindi – on a random basis. Finally, it should definitely do Amazon a world of good in case Alexa is made proficient with all the classical languages of India.  In related news, the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale is slated to begin from 13 October.

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