December saw the launch of Alexa Answers, an invitation-only program that allows people to submit answers to questions that, if approved, are distributed to the millions of Alexa users around the world. This summer, Amazon began sourcing hours of operation, descriptions, and addresses from Yext, a digital knowledge management platform that counts Taco Bell, Arby’s, Marriott, and Rite Aid among its clients. (Alexa, notably, showed an improvement of 11.6 percentage points from a July test.) In an experiment conducted by Loup Ventures this month, Google Assistant was able to answer 88 percent of 800 questions correctly versus Apple’s Siri at 75 percent, Alexa at 73 percent, and Cortana at 63 percent. Wolfram Alpha, which launched in May 2009, is based on Wolfram Research’s flagship platform Wolfram Mathematica, and pulls in data from a bevy of third-party sources such as the CIA’s The World Factbook, the United States Geological Survey, Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Dow Jones, the Catalogue of Life, CrunchBase, Best Buy, the FAA, Facebook accounts, and more.Īmazon has made a concerted effort this year to supply Alexa with new data sources, following analyses showing that it lags behind other intelligent assistants in its ability to answer questions. ![]() Alexa, how many sheets of paper will fit in a binder?.Alexa, how fast is the wind blowing right now?. ![]() ![]()
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