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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Unless this speaker runs a local model somehow, what makes it different from a speaker with the ChatGPT API integrated? Is that all this is?

Edit:

The device — described by suppliers as something that resembles a screenless smart speaker (in other words, an Alexa-adjacent device)

That sure sounds like that's all this is. With how many OEM parts related to smart speakers there are available these days, doesn't 20+ engineers seem like a lot for something like that?

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The Home Assistant community literally came up with one....