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CNNMoney reports on the introduction of the new Echo Look, which features a
[...] camera that lets you take full-body photos and videos to collect and compare outfits. Echo Look does everything the Amazon Echo speaker does -- like read the news and weather -- but it can now tell you what to wear.
[...] It is powered by both machine-learning technology and human opinion. An Amazon spokesperson said the automated results consider "fit, color, styling, seasons and current trends."
The new device is, according to the company's product page, "available exclusively by invitation."
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday April 29 2017, @06:00AM
Machine learning is all about hoovering up data and creating a passable imitation of human judgment. The data could come from a variety of sources. And as we can see, "current trends" means that it will be plugged in to the fashion scene. Basically another planet for most if not all of our users.
Pay $199, and Amazon will helpfully tell you which clothes to buy. All available on Amazon.com.
Now all they need is Kathy Griffin to do the voice for Alexa 2.0.
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