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Amazon launches new "personal AI" devices that can listen to your conversations and take notes
CBS News • • technology
Key Points:
- Amazon introduced two AI-powered wearable devices, the Bee Frontier wristband ($74.99) and the Bee Eclipse phone-attachable device ($99.99), designed to listen to conversations, transcribe meetings, and issue reminders.
- Developed by Bee, an AI wearable maker acquired by Amazon last year, these devices provide personalized conversation summaries, to-dos, and insights by capturing and analyzing spoken details.
- The Bee devices integrate with apps like Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Amazon services, enabling automated follow-up emails, calendar invites, and connections to Alexa+.
- Basic features, including conversation summaries and 14 days of memory, are free, while advanced functions and integrations require a $11.99/month Bee Pro subscription.
- Amazon assures strong privacy protections, stating that audio data is transcribed and then deleted, with no access granted to Amazon or others unless the user chooses to share it.
