Following SNL parody, Amazon adds cloud verification of Alexa wake word

If you watched Saturday Night Live last week, you saw a skit in which senior citizens routinely call Amazon’s intelligent assistant Alexa names like “Odessa” and “Allegra.” The Amazon Echo Silver, the show jokes, was made to deal with curmudgeons and copious levels of chit-chat. “It’s super loud and responds to any name even remotely close […]