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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Amazon Alexa to give NHS Advice in UK

Concern still exists about privacy.

Amazon Alexa will now be giving out health advice to UK citizens
The UK’s National Health Service hopes that its partnership with Amazon could help to reduce demand on its services.

The news: From this week, when UK users ask their Amazon smart speaker health-related questions, it will automatically search the official NHS website, which is full of medically backed health tips and advice. For example, you will be able to ask your Echo device, “What are the symptoms of flu?” Until now, it would answer these sorts of questions based on a variety of popular responses. .... " 

In TechnologyReview by Charlotte Jee

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