Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri and Google Assistant have been updated to express support for Black Lives Matter
recently updated their smart voice assistants. They now explain the Black Lives Matter movement when asked "Do black lives matter?" and also provide updated responses to "Do all lives matter?"
, giving them the potential not to just answer basic queries but also to educate their users. They explain, for example, that the phrase "all lives matter" has been used to criticize and downplay the Black Lives Matter movement.Apple's HomePod displayed next to the Google Home and Amazon Echo devices. Apple's entry into the smart home device market was "late to the game and mispriced," says Wedbush Securities managing director Dan Ives.
Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant, which is built into its Windows 10 operating system, responds similarly to the question: "Do black lives matter?"
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