Amazon’s Alexa Now Offers Coronavirus Health Recommendations
Users worried they might have coronavirus symptoms can now ask Alexa, Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) virtual AI assistant, and get advice based on CDC guidelines. While not a substitute for actual medical testing and recommendations, the program is now equipped to provide a thumbnail assessment of a user's risk level based on their answers to a series of questions. The news comes after Amazon pledged to help fight the pandemic, alongside other tech companies.
Alexa owners can start the querying process by asking, "Alexa, what do I do if I think I have coronavirus?" Alexa then conducts a brief question-and-answer session to determine what type of symptoms the user has, how many people they've been recently exposed to, and where they've traveled recently.
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