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Re:Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad by happymellon on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:12AM (#34705872)
There is also the crap around regions. I'm in the UK, but if I set my assistant to the the US suddenly it can understand a lot more and perform a lot more tasks.

Although while it understands a lot more, it's still getting worse.

Same about my Fitbit Versa. It was great, and now Google removes features.

At this point I would just prefer it if they let me just replace the firmware with one of the opensource projects. Can I replace my Alexa or Google puck firmware with something better?

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Re:Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad by enobrev on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:35AM (#34707209)
This is why I've kept my pucks. I'm hoping for a hackaday post or something where someone installs their own _something_ on them. They have great mics and the speakers are decent. Wouldn't mind using them as an interface to Mycroft or something.
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Re:Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad by happymellon on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:41AM (#34707250)
Unfortunately Mycroft is dead.

Maybe Rhasspy with Home Assistant will save us from this mess.

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