Amazon is acquiring the startup Bee, which produces a $49.99 wearable device that utilizes AI to transcribe conversations and generate personalized insights for users. The device can also access users' emails, contacts, and calendars to improve its functionality. Bee's CEO emphasizes the goal of expanding access to personal AI technology. Concerns regarding privacy and data security have been addressed, with Amazon committing to maintain the same standards as Bee during the acquisition process. All employees from Bee have been offered positions at Amazon, though details of the deal remain confidential.
"Bee makes a $49.99 Fitbit-like device that listens in on your conversations while using AI to transcribe everything that you and the people around you say, allowing it to generate personalized summaries of your days, reminders, and suggestions from within the Bee app."
"We've been strong stewards of customer data since our founding, and have never been in the business of selling our customers' personal information to others," Miller says. "We design our products to protect our customers' privacy and security and to make it easy for them to be in control of their experience - and this approach would of course apply to Bee."
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