I-Amazon isiphenduke umkhiqizi omkhulu uma kukhulunywa ngezipikha ezihlakaniphile. I-Amazon Echo yabo ithandwa kakhulu e-United States, kanye nenombolo yamamodeli namanani atholakala kanye nezici ezinhle ezinikezwa yi-Alexa, umsizi wakhe odidiyelwe omhlanganisile umthathe waba ngowakhe esikhundleni sokuqala yale makethe evelayo.
Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi lesi sikhundla sokuqala nokuthi i-Alexa ingaphambi kwezimbangi zayo (phambili kakhulu endabeni kaSiri) kunentengo: ubumfihlo bethu. Ungacabanga ukuthi i-Amazon Echo yakho ingarekhoda ingxoxo yakho bese iyithumela koxhumana naye ku-ajenda yakho ngaphandle kokuyibona? Kulokho okwenzekile e-United States.
Lezi zindaba zenziwe zasakazwa kuKira TV, ithelevishini yaseMelika, futhi isitshela ukuthi umndeni wase-Oregon uhlupheke kanjani ngalokhu kwehluleka okuyishwa, ngenhlanhla, ayibanga namiphumela engaphezu kokukhathazeka mayelana nobumfihlo bakho, kepha lokho bekungaba ukuyekethisa okuningi.
Ngokusho kwendaba yezindaba, umndeni uthole ucingo luvela esisebenzini senkampani kababa siwutshela ukuthi banqamule ngokushesha ama-Amazon Echos abo ngoba agenciwe. Ukuqinisekisile lokhu ngoba uthole umyalezo onengxoxo ephelele evela emndenini. Kwakwenzekeni? Kubukeka sengathi u-Alexa ngabe "wavuka" ngesikhathi kuxoxwa, ukuthi ngabe wayeqopha futhi athumele lo msebenzi. Uchungechunge lwezimo ezihambisanayo namagama athile ngezikhathi eziqondile bekungadala ukuthi i-Amazon Echo irekhode leyo ngxoxo bese iyithumela kulo mamukeli. Ngokusho kwalezi zindaba, i-Amazon iwaqinisekisile amaqiniso futhi ayikatholi ncazelo ngokwenzekile.
Inhlonipho enkulu yobumfihlo bethu ibaluleke kakhulu uma kukhulunywa ngezipikha ezixhunyiwe ezihlala zilalele. Izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa i-Apple iqinisekise ukuthi ukwehla kwayo ekuthuthukiseni iSiri kungenxa yokuthi bafuna ukuqinisekisa ubumfihlo bethu kuze kube sezingeni eliphezulu, ngenkathi okufunwa ezinye izinkampani ukuwina umjaho wabasizi ababonakalayo nganoma iyiphi imali. Akukona okokuqala ukuthi u-Alexa abe ngumlandeli wezindaba ezingajwayelekile njengoba sikutshele ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule lapho abasebenzisi abaningi bekhononda nge ukuhleka okumangazayo nokungathandeki izipikha zabo ze-Echo zazisakaza ngaphandle kwesizathu esizwakalayo futhi kungakhathalekile isikhathi sasekuseni.
