Amazon’s new patent will allow Alexa to detect a cough or a cold

Amazon is constantly trying to improve Alexa, its AI-assistant. A recent patent filed by the company shows just how: it wants Alexa to notice a user’s illness by detecting a change in their voice. Furthermore, it wants to suggest medicines or a recipe for chicken soup. But that’s not it. The patent suggests Amazon wants Alexa to detect more things: Emotional states, so spotting things like happiness, joy, sadness, anger, boredom, and fear The sound of the user’s voice or breath, to see if they’re sleepy or crying, for example Where the user is, something it’ll do by analyzing the…

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