Amazon Rolls Out 'Teachable AI' Feature to Turn Alexa into a Student of Your Preferences - Voicebot.ai

Alexa will now ask follow-up questions if it doesn't understand a command or order, thanks to the new Teachable AI feature Amazon introduced on Friday. The feature, which Amazon demonstrated during its September devices event, allows users to directly instruct the voice assistant about their preferences instead of manually setting them up on the app or rephrasing the request to work around the gaps in Alexa's knowledge. Teachable AI essentially lets a user program definitions into Alexa in real time with their voice. Whenever the voice assistant doesn't know a reference, it will ask the user to define it. The first phase of the feature is specifically for smart devices like lights and thermostats but will eventually include other kinds of commands.