Amazon's Alexa Passes 15,000 skills, Up From 10,000 in February (techcrunch.com)

As more and more companies get into the smart speaker game, a new report shows just how much ground they have to make up to catch Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa. From a report: Amazon's Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills -- the voice-powered apps that run on devices like the Echo speaker, Echo Dot, newer Echo Show and others. The figure is up from the 10,000 skills Amazon officially announced back in February, which had then represented a 3x increase from September. The new 15,000 figure was first reported via third-party analysis from Voicebot, and Amazon has since confirmed the figure. According to Voicebot, which only analyzed skills in the U.S., the milestone was reached for the first time on June 30, 2017. During the month of June, new skill introductions increased by 23 percent, up from the less than 10 percent growth that was seen in each of the prior three months.

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Awesome.

[sunking2]

You know, like numchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!

Re:Awesome.

[__aaclcg7560]

And learn to dance, the ladies love it when you can get up and dance with them.

Another useful skill. The first time I learned how to dance was when my date taught me the moves to "YMCA" by the Village People.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QINoUyrP0BI

Re:Awesome.

[Waffle Iron]

Skills skills are more skillful then LUDDITE apps! Only LUDDITE appsters lack skill skills!

Skilly skill SKILLS!

Only 42% malware

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> Amazon's Alexa voice platform (now has) 15,000...apps

And only 42% of them are malware.

Age of consent

[PopeRatzo]

Do any of you know if the Alexa AI has yet reached the equivalent mental age of a 16 year old? Asking for a friend.