AI Alexa and AI Siri face bugs and delays

Amazon and Apple are struggling to place generative AI technology in their digital assistants – Alexa and Siri respectively – according to a few reports that came out on Friday.

Amazon hoped to release his new Alexa during an event in New York on 26 February. Now Amazon plans to postpone the release of its generative AI-driven Alexa until March or later, According to the Washington Post.

In the meantime, Bloomberg reports That Apple’s AI revision from Siri encounters technical problems and software bugs. Some new functions about Siri that were planned for release in April may not be ready until May or later.

Amazon and Apple hoped to release these updated products quickly to compete with the next generation of AI speech assistants, such as the advanced speech mode from OpenAi and Google’s Gemini Live. However, those efforts do not go according to plan.