Amazon Echo users received an email notifying them that they could no longer opt out of sharing their voice recordings with the company to train Alexa's AI features.
Dear Echo Customer,
We are reaching out to let you know that the Alexa feature 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' that you enabled on your supported Echo device(s) will no longer be available beginning March 28th, 2025. This feature allowed compatible Echo devices to process the audio of Alexa requests locally on device. As we continue to expand Alexa's capabilities with generative Al features that rely on the processing power of Amazon's secure cloud, we have decided to no longer support this feature.
They are altering the deal (pray they do not alter it further), but so can you. And then there's Home Assistant.
Previously:
• Amazon Alexa turned me into a prepper
• Amazon's being greasy about Alexa user data. Again.
• Alexa listened to a couple's conversation and sent it to the husband's employee without permission
