Amazon's Alexa could use the voices of the dead 'to make memories last'. The company said its voice assistant will be able to channel dead people and speak as they would in a forthcoming update
The technology will see Alexa mimicking the voice of anyone it hears, with the company pointing to the pandemic. Rohit Prasad, Amazon senior vice-president and head scientist said that during the coronavirus paramedic "so many of us have lost someone we love".
Amazon said that the new Alexa feature will not "eliminate (the) pain of loss”. But it said it hoped that the new Alexa voices would "make their memories last".
