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Meet the real Alexa: voice actor reportedly responsible for Amazon’s AI assistant revealed

The Verge

Journalist Brad Stone says Nina Rolle is the original voice of Alexa. Amazon’s Alexa has a voice familiar to millions: calm, warm, and measured. There was someone whose voice had to be recorded, analyzed, and algorithmically reproduced to create Alexa as we know it now. I was conservative about it for a long time [.]

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. MoFuse :: mofuse.com.

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60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. MoFuse :: mofuse.com.

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Amazon announces $29.99 Fire TV Stick Lite and upgraded Fire TV Stick

The Verge

However, both offer support for voice search and commands through Alexa. Like other new products announced today, the Fire TV Stick and Stick Lite will enter a low-power mode when they’re not actively being used to conserve energy. Image: Amazon. Amazon has said that there are currently over 40 million active Fire TV accounts.

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Windmill wants to drag window AC units, kicking and screaming, into 2022

TechCrunch

It also supports Google Home and Amazon Alexa. In 2022, Windmill will launch an power conservation program for all of its users. Windmill is using its connected units to help modulate the power footprint of its network of connected AC devices through automated control.

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A new use for AI: summarizing scientific research for seven-year-olds

The Verge

This site is pure gold [link] "I am pretty sure that I will be criticized for this post by people who see me as "anti-conservation". But I’m not anti-conservation. I am just anti-bad conservation. They repeat racist and sexist stereotypes and slurs and may be biased in more subtle ways, too.

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70 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. MoFuse :: mofuse.com.

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