AI Alexa and AI Siri stand up against bugs and delays

Amazon and Apple are struggling to put generative AI technology in their digital assistants – Alex and Siri, respectively – according to a pair of reports that came out on Friday.

Amazon hoped to launch his new Alexa during an event in New York on February 26th. Amazon now plans to delay the release of its generative AI, powered by Alex until March or later, According to The Washington Post.

Meanwhile, Reports Bloomberg that AI overhaul of Apple’s Siri is facing engineering problems and software errors. Some new features around Siri, which were planned for launch in April, may not be ready by May or later.

Amazon and Apple hoped to quickly launch these updated products to compete with next -generation voice assistants, such as Openai and Gemini’s Advanced Voice Mode on Google Gemini Live. However, these efforts do not go according to plan.