. >> it's plausible that amazon will know you better than you know yourself. >> alexa. >> it's in ouromes. >> should people trust that it won't be used against them in some way that they don't authorize? >> absolutely. >> at our fingertips? >> amazon web services took over the web basically in a decade. >> does having that much power give you pause? >> that's a significant responsibility. we're aware of that. >> and now it fuels our economy. >> amazon is america's second trillion dollar company now. >> the company is now worth almost as much as the entire economy of australia. >> is amazon too big? >> i don't think amazon is too big. >> i think they have monopoly power. >> amazon has become an invasive species. >> so you think amazon should be broken up. >> oh, 100%. >> a journey. >> it's a business miracle. >> and a leader unlike any other. >> this is blue moon. >> i asked people at amazon to wake up every morning afraid, wake up terrified, be afraid of our customers. those are the people we have to pay attention to. >> a cnn special report. >> i can guarantee you one thing, it will

consumers i shop on amazon a lot so the free shipping alone cost justify going amazon prime which also lets me park at alexa to play some $14000.00 songs and to watch a lot of video and not only am i not threatened by the way that amazon comes to know me i kind a like the way amazon recommends stuff that people who bought what i bought also bought is there a dark side to amazon that i'm being naive about. i don't think it's so much that there's a dark side to it i think it's an issue of preference when it comes to specifically amazon and amazon prime and alexa if that world were to remain in a vacuum hole and i think it's completely fine the issue was a lot of people didn't realize upfront that alexa is recording their preferences and that amazon was gathering so much data on that i think most people know that now we didn't know that in the beginning but i think some people like it like you're saying some people like the idea of being referred certain kinds of products the issue becomes this though that amazon as a company has become so massive and has branched out into so many other areas that go far beyon

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.ur second group of semifinalists-- a tenth-grade chemistry teacher from austin, texas... an 11th-grade physics teacher from new paltz, new york... and a middle school english teacher from stamford, connecticut... [ applause ] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome once again. i have my pal here with me. but julia, i have to ask you, what does that signify-- that motion you did in the introduction? uh, well, i have a daughter who's about to turn two. and we taught her to fist bump. and after she fist bumps you, she fist bumps herself. ah. okay. [ laughter ] well, for you, francois, and benjamin, i wish all three of you luck. benjamin, you were the high scorer in the quarterfinal matches, so you pick first from these categories in the jeopardy! round. ♪ alexa, ask "jeopardy!" for today's categories. alexa: the categories are... and... benjamin, off you go.

. >> wendy we hear that you can now ask amazon's alexa to feed your dog. what's that all about and how is that possible? >> the second generation pet save smart feed automatic pet feeder can be connected to amazon echo allowing you to give verbal commands when you're out of the house. you can schedule meals or dispense them from anywhere. you can also automatically reorder food. it cost just under $200. not cheap to do all that. >> not cheap but very useful of. amazon's alexa getting even better. wow. wendy gillette of cbsmoneywatch.com. thank you. >>> time now 5:40. >> ahead... nearing extinction. they survived the ice age now why researchers say climate change is killing joshua trees. >> i'm tracking the winds this morning. breezy conditions with those westerly and southwesterly winds. i'll show you future cast in just a moment. >> 5:40 i'm keeping an eye on your real time travel traffic times. not too much company in that westbound direction. word to the wise there is a wind advisory in effect. i've got that and more just ahead. >>> i'm ann mackovich at

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.f semifinalists-- a middle school civics and world history teacher, from miami, florida... a high school art teacher from cheyenne, wyoming... and a high school world history teacher from albany, new york... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you. thank you, johnny. hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. two players, sara and francois waiting in the wings, ready to come back and start competition tomorrow in the first half of the two-game finals in the teachers tournament, playing for $100,000. so, matthew, dave, conor, good luck. let's go to work. ♪ i keep saying work, but it should be fun for the three of you. here are the categories... ah-ha. followed by... and finally, you'll love this one... conor, you go first. recent politics for $200. matthew.

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.e are today's contestants-- a high school english teacher from columbia, kentucky... a high school esl teacher from cambridge, massachusetts... and an 11th grade physics teacher from new paltz, new york... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i'm going to begin today by making the assumption that by now, after we've had tournaments for so many years, you're familiar with the rules. vicki, alexandra, and francois, good to have you here. let's go to work in the jeopardy! round, shall we? here are the categories for you. starting off with... we'll deal with... each response is a type of bean that you're going to have to spell for us. yeah. we'll deal with... and finally... the word "teacher." francois, start. words in teacher for $200, please. francois. - what is earth? - correct. words in teacher for $400.

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.ing game, here are the three finalists-- a middle school instrumental music teacher from lanham, maryland... ...whose cash winnings yesterday total... an 11th-grade physics teacher from new paltz, new york... ...whose cash winnings total... and a high school world history teacher from albany, new york... ...who won $5,600 yesterday. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. well, this is it, ladies and gentlemen, the deciding game of the teachers tournament, the second half. the dollar figures you see in front of the contestants right now will be removed from those screens. sara, francois, and conor, good luck. here we go into the jeopardy! round. ♪ and now these categories are in play... and finally... conor, start us. mvp! for $200.

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.ntestants-- a 10th grade chemistry teacher from austin, texas... a middle school special education teacher from poulsbo, washington... and a 12th grade english language arts teacher from wyncote, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheering ] thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much for that warm welcome. and, johnny, i hope you will not take this as a negative, but for the very first time in 35 years of hosting this program, i finally get to work with my own vanna. and she has such a lovely name-- alexa. our current champion, ladies and gentlemen, james holzhauer, has the two weeks off. he'll be back with us in two weeks' time. but for now for julia, joe, and mariah, class is in session. good luck. let's go to work. ♪ alexa, ask "jeopardy!" what today's categories are, please. the categories are... and... and, mariah, you get to go first.

amazon wants to put alexa in cars.as foundtter says it and deleted more than 1000 fake accounts created by the chinese government used to undermine the hong kong protestant -- hong kong protests. acebook said it also acted on tip from twitter, finding some fake accounts. they say they will no longer state advertising from act media worldwide. we are joined by a fellow from new america and in washington, brett, who set up the first tax force -- first task force to counter disinformation in the white house. sarah, what exactly do we know? sarah: they are finding these coordinated efforts from china trying to discredit the protesters, calling them violent, saying what they are doing is maybe backed by western resources, just trying to cause tension within the group. emily: twitter says it kicked off 936 accounts. facebook, seven pages, three groups. we have statements from both companies. they said, overall, these accounts were attempting to sow discord in hong kong. facebook saying, although the people behind this activi

during his seven-month contract at amazon, pettit analyzed alexa gone wrong in order to improve the technologyial intelligence at microsoft. >> amazon is listening to what you tell alexa, not in any kind of nefarious way. everything they do is based on quality assurance, to my knowledge. but people should know that. i think that is something that is definitely not advertised. >> what do you say to those folks who think oh, my gosh, someone is listening to me? >> i think it's important for customers to understand we're not listening to them. it's a very small percentage that is carved off for ensuring that the models are doing what they're supposed to do. >> there's a lot more to that conversation. our cnn special report, the age of amazon, it is tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern only right here on cnn. thank you all for being with me today. i'm poppy harlow. jim will be in the chair monday. i'm taking a little vacation. next, kate bolduan "at this hour" ahead. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. thanks so much for joining me. a partial reversal from israel and now a rejection. democratic congressw

seem to suggest the details are going anywhere else but this is a growing trend where we have amazon's alexacan track you. mercedes says yes, they are they are, but they will not say how long they have been there. they have found a link. the front of the daily mail, hospitals take 1000 dementia patients per day. this is them talking about the failing social ca re system talking about the failing social care system and people will go to hospital when, under other circumstances, there will be a better way. the issue of social care is that there should be the great long—term cross political party discussion that needs agreement. there has to be. there have been so many reviews recently.” there has to be. there have been so many reviews recently. i can't remember how many years ago. it must be six or seven or eight years ago. the 2017 election, which didn't work out. there is so much money going to the health service. these are problems occurring day in, day out. and my mum was taken to hospital a couple of years ago with a broken hip and the amount the staff had to divert to look after patients

coming up, amazon's alexa caught in a controversy. why kindle is now facing an investigation. be sure to follow our global breaking news network tictoc on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: amazon under fire again after a major contractor refused to obey labor laws for wages. the company is accused of overusing high school interns and forcing employees to work beyond legal limits. the company makes the echo, and kindle e-readers in china. amazon says they have replaced the head of human resources and punished the manager responsible. espn has delayed the scheduled broadcast of the videogame competition. it features gun violence. president trump said earlier this week that videogames glorifying violence and riveted to the shooting epidemic. the competition will be aired in october. more bloomberg technology coming up, diving into the u.s.-china trade war. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> our continuing coverage of combating online extremism. the white house hosted a summit with tech companies. particular,s in facebook and twitter. according to the university of theland, those are two o

how would you like to listen to my show on your amazon alexa?aura is one of the biggest radio show hosts in history. her very popular show can be heard every day on sirius radio. atyou can get her podcast dr. laura.com. she has a huge social media following. she's on instagram and facebook. it is truly an honor to have her with us today for brand-new or not true. deals withaura personal family relationship issues, we have three tech products of her hourly -- ally but one is real. it the other two i just made them up. thank you for joining us today for brand new are not true. it is such a pleasure and honor to have you. you are so sweet. worriedleep last night that i was going to get this wrong. before we do this, you speak with so many people every day. you have helped so many millions over the years. when it comes to technology relationships, what is the biggest thing that tech has done in your opinion to improve our lives? nothing to do with relationships. i think it has been tremendously destructive to relationships because people get focused

an amazon's alexa has created puppy items. >> i am marc liverman in new york city, it's always good to you. >>> and san francisco ranked number three. >> all right. >>> a case out of this world this morning as nasa investigates the first possible crime in space. >>> the heat is on for the area with above average temperatures. i am tracking what is left of tropical storm ivo and how it will impact our weather coming up . >>> if you are using this bridge to cross into or out of san francisco, visibility will be an issue, but not on the other bridges. i have the commute times ahead. >>> good monday morning to you. it is 5:43. this is a look north and you can see the clouds and fog rolling in through the golden gate gap and into the bay. through the afternoon, above average temperatures and we do have a spare the air alert coming up. >>> and honoring the people killed in the recent mass shootings. >> is one of the greatest days of my life and i love spending every moment with you. >> reporter: this concert in dayton yesterday as musicians had triumph over tragedy and gem city shine. thousa

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.are today's contestants-- a high school world history and u.s. government teacher from nashville, tennessee... a middle school english teacher from stamford, connecticut... and a high school art teacher from cheyenne, wyoming... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, everyone. well, we already know who four of the semi-finalists are. they'll be joined by today's winner. ellie, benjamin, and dave, good luck. here we go. enjoy the experience. here are the categories for you, starting off with... followed by... where's your... [ laughter ] dave. hey, you! for $600. you are a winner and put on a dominating performace at the 2012 london olympics. ellie. - who is gabby douglas? - yes. hey, you! for $200, please. benjamin. what is the conservative party? you got it. 2-word alliteration, $200, please. the most basic elements or essentials or what's in the photograph. benjamin. - what are bare bones?

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.ere are today's contestants-- a high school spanish teacher from mountain view, california... a middle school civics and world history teacher from miami, florida... and a high school english teacher from tucson, arizona... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard. you have heard me say this many times in recent years. but the teachers tournament is "jeopardy!'s" way of saluting those important members of our society who quite often get to spend just as much quality time with our kids as we the parents do. so, trevor, matthew, and tara, good to have you with us today. good luck. here we go into the jeopardy! round. and now you get to deal with these categories. a whole category devoted to... next... you have to... ...that comes up in the clue. and finally... we'll give you the running mate. you tell us who the other person on the ticket was. tara, start. i'll take anagram

teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa.e finalists-- a middle school instrumental music teacher from lanham, maryland... an 11th-grade physics teacher from new paltz, new york... and a high school world history teacher from albany, new york... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. at long last, the finals. the first half today. these three people-- sara, francois, and conor-- have a lot of extra pressure on them today. they want to do well because they know their students are watching them back home. that's a lot of pressure. good luck to you, though. let's go to work right now in the first half of the finals. today the first round has these categories... next... each response beginning with that letter of the alphabet. then... we'll deal with.. and... conor, you start. start with the accessorized teacher for $400. this accessory is placed between the third and fourth shirt buttons and prevents the look seen here. sara. - what is a

. >>> and fit bit announced plans for its latest smart watch, the versa 2, which adds amazon's alexa, storage and online payments the versa 2 will cost $200 and preorders begin later today. >>> you are up to date that's the news update this hour leslie, i'll send it back to you. >> thanks, sue maybe that's a watch to wear on the peloton, because that company revealing its ipo filin late last night. we take a deep dive into that prospectus next ahead of a debut that could come as early as september. we're back after a quick break ♪ keeping the night interesting, is all about setting the right tone. ♪ lower carbs. lower calories. higher expectations. ♪ the light beer you've been waiting for has arrived. corona premier. >>> welcome back to "squawk alley," peloton revealing its ipo prospectus last night as a technology, media software product, experience fitness, design, retail, apparel and logistics company, if your head is spinning, you may know the company as the maker of at-home bikes and treadmills ceo john foley penned a letter in the prospectus simplifying the business model even m

the book on surveillance capitalism also includes alexa last year at amazon applied for a patent on software to help alexa to recognize not only what we say but also how we feel. i have had to have a little model of alexa right here so you asked me if i would have an alexa in my home. the answer is my home is my sanctuary using this conversational interface for their supply chain and her behavioral data now for amazon for example the ambition is limitless because it wants to saturate our homes it wants to saturate every environment where we live to make it as pervasive as possible because the supply of that voice is priceless she believes the only present alexa is just a harbinger of a completely new form of capitalism one where we think we are just customers but in reality are most of all suppliers of raw materials. which means we are paying twice over. surveillance capitalism is a road to good capitalism a mutation of capitalism based on extraction of private experience for others profit others knowledge and power the economic imperatives that drive surveillance capitalism force it into th

in her purchasing behavior klein unfair in the home and in coffee that mention can amazon really do that we ask alexa. you know i. know you don't think so. i mean companies like amazon are very interested in finding out when a family has a new baby because this is a point in life where a lot drastically changes. and whoever manages to put their product there might win a new long term customer. so how do you know if a customer is pregnant 10 years ago a large u.s. supermarket chain identified buying behavior patterns from a relatively small data set they even pinpointed the number of weeks. it's been shown that pregnant women change their consumer behavior they switch to unscented cosmetic products they start buying cotton wool pads and when these customers then go on to buy products like baby clothes just proving that they did have a baby you can look at what they bought before and say ok people who buy things like that are most likely pregnant. it's worth the time assuring. the secret lies in the evaluation of so-called big data autodidactic machines recognize the patterns and amazon is considered t

amazon. he analyzed alexa commands gone wrong, in order to approve the technology. artificial intelligence at microsoft. >> amazon is listening to what you tell alexa. not in a nefarious way to my knowledge. i believe that everything they do is based on quality assurance. >> people should know that. i think that is something that is not advertised. >> what do you say to those folks that think, oh, my gosh, someone's listening to me? >> i think it's important for customers to understand, we're not listening to them. it's a very small percentage that is carved off for ensuring the models are doing what the models say they're supposed to do. >> voice technology is only going to continue to expand in our lives in the coming years, and they know it's important for all of us, to be asking these questions. not just of amazon, but of all of big tech, what are they doing with the data about us. we have an important and fascinating discussion. i hope you will watch the documentary. brianna? >> we certainly will, poppy. thank you, and you can check that out. cnn special report,

during his switch-month contract at amazon, petit analyzed alexa commands gone wrong to improve the technologyartificial intelligence at microsoft. >> amazon is listening to what you tell alexa, not in any type of way. everything they do is based on quality assurance. people should know that. that's something that's definitely not advertised. >> what do you say to those folks that think oh my gosh, someone is listening to me? >> it's important for customers to understand that we're not listening to them. it's a very, very small percentage that is carved off for insuring that the models do what they are supposed to do. >> don't miss poppy harlow's special report, the age of amazon tonight at 9:00. "a.c. 360" starts right now. >>> good evening. the end of another difficult and turbulent week with what president trump is doing to calm the waters, heal the divisions and giving people a reason to believe things will be better if we can pull together. i'm kidding. today one of the two congresswomen he persuaded the israeli government to keep out of the country as part of the vendetta against him tur

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are new in the q 3 sport back is an optional integration of amazon's voice assistant alexa for example driver and passengers. asked the voice control about the weather board's requests their favorite music. so cutting sundries groener says they can even operate their smart home devices for example if they're on the road and not sure if they have turned off the lights at home alexa can do that for them too although it's kind of like the physics one. i like shipley's turn on the light on. well this little dog and the way i designed . the q 3 sport back hits the streets in europe this is not a list prices haven't yet been revealed. here test no i think artistry manner was she 1st testing a veteran among s.u.v.s when it 1st rolled out in 1990 or really wasn't that much competition 20 years later things look very different everyone offers a luxury as you know audi mercedes porsche and even lamborghini and everyone wants a piece of the action and that means you have to stand out from the competition and be so let's see what makes the b.m.w. x 5 so different from the others. the x. 5 was not

amazon's voice assistant alexa for example driver and passengers can ask a voice control about the weather or request their favorite music. the company sundries groener says they can even operate their smart home devices for example if they're on the road and not sure if they've turned off the lights at home alexa can do that for them to. call the next a 52000. election please turn on the light on. well this list is on and though i designed. the q 3 sport back hits the streets in europe there's not a list prices haven't yet been revealed. we test now i think our test 3 man was she 1st testing a veteran among issue vs when it 1st rolled out in 1909 there really wasn't that much competition for 20 years later things look very different every one offers a luxury as you know he how the mercedes porsche and even lamborghini and everyone wants a piece of the action and that means you have to stand out from the competition so let's see what makes the b.m.w. x 5 so different from the others. the x 5 was not the 1st s.u.v. ever built but it was still 3 years ahead of its competitors porsche and mob

you may remember amazon admitted that it saved some conversations between alexa and its customers. says it uses them to help develop new features. some customers call that an invasion of privacy so now amazon says you can opt out. you can delete the conversations through the privacy settings in the alexa app or you can do it on the amazon website. >>> can they keep their hot streak alive? the giants cooling off. sports is next. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today. >>> well, after scorching hot july, the giants look to keep the good times rolling. they opened a nine-game ho

now this has been a conversation we've been having when it comes to amazon and alexa. there were people with knowledge of this work that were cited in the article. facebook actually responded and said, quote, we paused human review of audio more than a week ago. it is interesting to see exactly what they were using that audio for. it seems a little bit unclear at this point. this is a concern when it comes to investors. so, that stock was trading higher today, guys. melissa: we stopped eavesdropping on you a week ago. connell: don't worry about it. melissa: don't worry about it it's fine. it's fine. connell: let's go to the panel on the broader issue here of the tariff delay. liz peek joins us foxnews.com columnist, fox news contributor and gary b. smith, kadena group president, fox news contributor. we ended off the highs but still up nearly 400 point. what did you make of the market reaction after this delay i would read as about as close to an admission from the president as we're going to get that these tariffs, could have had an impact on american consumers going

i'm -- guys, we have amazon's echo alexa [ light laughter ]rst r was a fd explorer, 2002 and if she hadender air freshener because, you know, things ever frustrate you. and people get in the way. and you want to calm down, you got to put lavender in your car. and there you go for this one, in honor of "hobbs & shaw," can you guys do a fun driving, beach boys type, "i get around" type of vibe. ♪ ♪ ♪ alexa siri's here and she loves who we are 2002 explore that was her first car ♪ ♪ she loves air freshener in the shape of a tree ♪ ♪ and lavende is what her favorite scent would be ♪ ♪ she's getting dow she's getting down she's getting down ♪ ♪ alexa siri's here and she loves who we are a ford explore was her first car ♪ ♪ and she loves lavende 'cause it smells like star she puts in her ca and drives real far ♪ ♪ she's getting dow she's getting down she's getting down ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: thank you very much. i'm happy. thank you for being here come on. that was funny here we go how about you? wow. just turn around this is pretty good -- pretty good shirt [ light laughter ] th

amazon does this with alexa as well. engineers take a tiny percentage of recorded voice commands to teach the computers how to better understand. a series of reports, including one on the "today" show has apple rethinking the program. >>> i got one of the letters in the mail the other day with a fake check inside. look at that, $218,000. it's made out to me. if you have your own tv show you can get away with certain things inviting the ceo of the company to give you a fake check and explain it. that's what i've done. thomas sponholtz is the ceo of unison. it is a very usual business that offers to co-invest in houses. we'll talk to thomas on "press:here" coming up this sunday morning after "meet the press." >> sounds good. this next story we saw and did think of you because we know that you love bunnies. >> i love bunnies. bunnies are like cats, except with none of the downside of cats. >> like dogs. >> yeah, yeah. >> exactly. >> i'll go with that. >> all right, so check this out. it was a very requests hoppy" days. the

this is a normal tablet and then you slide it into a dock and you have an amazon alexa device.1. that is 264 right now. when i touch anything and falls over and it does not impact it. >> you would get along with me fine. if you have a young child you want to keep an eye on this is perfect. >>summer sleep schedules mess up sleep for families. this is a hatched baby rest plus. this is a $90 gadget for infants you use as a baby monitor, sound monitor. as your child grows up you use it as a sleep trainer. school-age kids can use it as a sound machine help to quiet their busy minds. college students could mask the roommate snoring. you have sleep sounds and you also have a clock, it trains you, i have been using it as i have been testing it out because i wake up 1 million times and i want to know what time it is. without looking at the clock and getting anxious it tells you what time it is, when it is time to wake up. it is kind of nanny 911. >> how much is that? we only have a minute. 90 bucks for this. >> there is a slew of apps i want to tell you about. for summer slide and that

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amazon. all three companies are bowing to public pressure around listening to your private conversations at home. it comes from reports of workers, sometimes outside contractors, reviewing audio recordings from digital assistants like alexa, echo and siri. apple and google have put human review on hold. amazon is going a different route. it is going to let you opt out of the program, but, and this is key, you got to go in and manually delete the alexa recordings yourself. >>> all right all you bay area tesla fans, listen up. tesla is bringing back free unlimited charging but only for new buyers of the model s or the model x. the announcement comes after sales of the two electric cars have slowed down a bit. tesla used free charging as an enticement for new buyers before. extended to the s and the x until 2017 and gradually phased out and scott and kris, it is coming back to the bay area, but only for new buyers who buy that $90,000 car. >> you get such savings buying that $90,000 car. perks. >> only for this big perk. >> easy. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," kari hall is tracking the work week forecast. >> it starts out with a few more clouds this morning and also some fog near the coast. here is a live look outside

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amazon does this with alexa as well. engineers take a tiny percentage of recorded voice commands to teach the computers how to better understand. a series of ones including one on the "today" show has apple rethinking the program. >>> i got one of the letters in the mail the other day with a fake check inside. look at that, $218,000. z>> good for lunch >> if you have your own tv show you can get away with certain things inviting the ceo of the company that sent you the junk mail to explain it, and that's what i've done. thomas sponholtz is the ceo of unison. it is a very usual business that offers to coinvest in houses. i have not heard of this before. the same way a parent might help you with a downpayment of the house or a rich uncle, unison will give you money for the downpayment of the house. >> why? >> they want it on the other side, after you sell it 20, 30 years later, your house will have gone up in price, they want a cut of the profits. >> okay. >> and it's just that simple. we'll talk about how that works. >> t

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amazon. really easy to understand how it. in order to a voice recognition artificial intelligence you need a massive data set and literally everything someone might say to their phone when you speak to an alexa device on the data is stored in the cloud that means amazon can do more to study that data and hope the system learn your habits and interests so you can better guess what you might search in the future. it wasn't a great things that come out of that device is actually listening to us we talk to it and call it say it helps us out can you go for a couple of the stories that you know well these devices have really been helpful in people's lives. yeah i think that's the thing that i always talk to people about when they are thinking well should i use amid these devices or not i think it comes back to a sort of risk assessment or cost benefit analysis for each person for me i don't usually use these devices or smart assistance things like that because i don't find that it's much more useful to me than typing something into my phone or choosing when i want to receive information through a device like a laptop bed other people if they have mobility issues if they're new parents if that you

amazon. really easy to understand how it. in order to a voice recognition artificial intelligence you need a massive data set and literally everything someone might say to their phone when you speak to an alexa device on the data is stored in the cloud that means amazon can do more to study that data the system learn your habits and interests so you can better guess what you might search in the future. meanwhile some of the great things that come out of that device is actually listening to us we talk to it and call it say it helps us out can you go for a couple of the stories that you know well these devices have really been helpful in people's lives. yeah i think that's the thing that i always talk to people about when they are thinking well should i use amid these devices or not i think it comes back to a sort of risk assessment or cost benefit analysis for each person for me i don't usually use these devices or smart assistants things like that because i don't find that it's much more useful to me than typing something into my phone or choosing when i want to receive information through a device like a laptop bed other people if they have mobility issues if they're new parents if that you

remember, amazon admitted it saved some conversations between alexa and its customers and that could be you and helped create new features but customers say that was an invasion of their privacy. you can opt out but it will take work deleting it on the app or website. google has suspended the human review of its customers' recordings. >>> back in the news tonight, the last time we reported on this was because singer miley cyrus was controlled for sitting in some for her instagram ld be devastated by the end of the century because of climate change. they grow slowly and could live 150 years but their seedlings can't flourish in an extended drought. >>> disorder in the court after a snake got into a courthouse, slithering in on friday, a big one, too, thinking did he manage to apprehend the reptile and it decided to go to a more suitable habitat and was paroled and apparently made bail. now, it will leave the courthouse forever. ending our courthouse pun. >>> jeffrey, we love the weather and hope it will get even better. >> let's get you started on this monday. i know you felt it outsi

amazon will let you delete alexa recordings. there's been a backlash over the products, people sometimes outside contractors may be listening to what you've been saying. >>> tesla wants to give you free charging if you buy a new model s or model x. tesla is trying to boost sales of the s and x so it's offering free unlimited use of its super charger network. the s and x are just about 17,000 of the 93,000 teslas sold last quarter. free if you buy the car. >> i want to know if that is going to compel people to buy a tesla. if that is going to make the difference. i'm going to post it on twitter. i'll post a poll. thank you very much, brian. >>> trending this morning, this adds new meaning to the word recycling. this is cash, cold hard cash, $23,000 in all and also one man's entire life savings. guess where it was found? recycling plant in eureka. turns out last week the ashland, oregon, man, accidentally tossed a box with all of that cash into his recycling bin and before he realized that mistake, it was hauled away. after callin

apple has tried -- amazon has tried to get automakers to introduce alexa into their systems.audi have signed on to the deal. of course, the reason it has been dominated by google and apple is because when you get into any car, you tend to sync up your phone, which amazon hasn't been that great at building so far. taylor: there was another crazy headline that state attorney general's are looking to move forward with some of the antitrust probes of some of these companies. you wonder, after privacy concerns over facebook, the audio recordings, antitrust probes, how big is too big? romaine: i agree. i came in this morning in the company issued may back and -- company issued maybach and i told them to disconnect the alexa. i'm talking about sensitive stuff here. caroline: italy's prime minister will address the senate in rome. taylor: i will be watching home depot second-quarter results before the bell. romaine: toll brothers reports third-quarter earnings before the open. caroline: that is offered "what'd you miss?". romaine: "bloomberg technology" is next in the united states.