Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those recordings (with the exception of

Amazon is nixing one of the few privacy protections against accessing users' voice data, and you can blame AI for the change.

Web souk says Echo hardware doesn't have the oomph for next-gen AI anyway Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon's AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their Echo devices will lose that option,