Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he “absolutely” believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa
You can record and edit videos on your own devices, but that doesn’t mean it’s suddenly free for Netflix or YouTube to stream their videos to you.
Surely a local version of Alexa could be developed, but that development would come with its own costs.
Some things simply can’t be done locally, such as a web search. Often your route calculations for a map application are also done in the cloud.