阿里巴巴正式發(fā)布首款智能語音終端設(shè)備“天貓精靈X1”，由阿里人工智能實(shí)驗(yàn)室出品，內(nèi)置第一代中文人機(jī)交流系統(tǒng)AliGenie，與亞馬遜（Amazon）的Echo競爭。

透露給《華爾街日報(bào)》（Wall Street Journal）的消息源表示，該設(shè)備面向中國市場，支持在亞馬遜的電子商務(wù)網(wǎng)站進(jìn)行聲控購物。

阿里巴巴此舉將會進(jìn)一步擠占亞馬遜在中國本就有限的空間。亞馬遜的Echo和其上運(yùn)行的Alexa語音助手在2015年產(chǎn)品推出時就支持英國英語和德語。而亞馬遜的下個目標(biāo)市場似乎是印度，在那里，它可能會兼容三種地區(qū)語言。

在中國涌現(xiàn)出可以競爭的語音助手，可能會讓亞馬遜更加沒有理由嘗試開拓這個市場。據(jù)報(bào)道，亞馬遜在中國的市場占有率已經(jīng)不足1%。 （財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：嚴(yán)匡正

Chinese tech giant Alibaba will introduce a voice-controlled device to compete with Amazon’s Echo, with an official announcement coming as soon as next week.

According to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the device will be targeted at the Chinese market, and will support voice-controlled shopping on Alibaba’s e-commerce sites. Plans for the device were first reported by The Information.

Alibaba’s move would further squeeze Amazon's limited footprint in China. Amazon’s Echo, and the Alexa voice assistant that runs on it, have added support for U.K. English and German since the device’s 2015 debut. But Amazon’s next target market appears to be India, where it may support three regional languages.

A competing voice assistant could give Amazon even less reason to try and expand its reach in China, where its market share is already reportedly under 1%.