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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by addicted on Saturday January 04, 2025 @07:11PM (#42598646)
Why would they need to listen continuously?

Most people don’t speak, and aren’t around people talking to them, for more than a few minutes to hours in a day.

You just need to awake every few secs or mins to see if someone is speaking and go back to sleep if they’re not.

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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by sizzle on Sunday January 05, 2025 @06:18AM (#42601055)
Could even switch on when you detect positive social signals implying you are around another person nearby using wifi, Bluetooth, gps, IP address, etc. to ID another device.

They could even pickup or recognize the second voiceprint ID and know it’s your best friend and wake up the audio recognition from ultra power saving mode or whatever. Literally anything is possible to make this is work.

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