This week in artificial intelligence, President Joe Biden issued executive orders related to AI leadership and safety while Nvidia unveiled partnerships with healthcare organizations to accelerate drug discovery. OpenAI, Amazon and Elon Musk were also in the news. Biden’s Executive Orders Focus on Governance, Safety...
Two years into its planned revamp of Alexa into a smarter voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence (AI) at its core, Amazon is running into deployment roadblocks that range from hallucinations to organizational challenges. In an interview with the Financial Times, Rohit Prasad, who leads...
Amazon is reportedly turning its digital assistant, Alexa, into an artificial intelligence agent. In the new role, Alexa would be able to complete practical tasks, although the tech giant must resolve some issues that have plagued the voice-activated system’s upgrade, the Financial Times reported Tuesday...
Amazon is turning to Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) model Claude to power the revamped version of its voice assistant, Alexa, according to sources familiar with the matter. The new version of Alexa, called “Remarkable,” is set to be released in October and will utilize generative...
August 28, 2024
Amazon’s is planning an artificial intelligence (AI) overhaul for Alexa. Set to launch in October, the upgrade will reportedly transform the free voice assistant into a paid subscription service, according to the Washington Post, potentially reshaping the eCommerce giant’s customer engagement strategy. This move comes amid increasing regulatory scrutiny and industry-wide debates on AI integration […]
May 22, 2024
Someday — and it may be soon — conversations with Amazon’s automated voice assistant Alexa may cost money. Amazon has been clear about its intentions to charge a subscription for a tiered Alexa service...
November 24, 2023
Amazon and Walmart are revving up their engines with initiatives set to hit consumers by the year’s end or the start of 2024. The projects go full throttle on transportation...
November 22, 2023
With the recent news that Amazon is partnering with Hyundai, the conventional wisdom might be to say: Amazon sells pretty much everything else across its platform, and as part of its...
January 19, 2025
Will audio tech company Sonos soon have a new owner? If so, which tech giant will it be? A report Sunday (Jan. 19) by Bloomberg News examines the company’s trouble and uncertain future. After a messy app rollout in May, Sonos’ market valuation is roughly $1.7 billion, down from more than $5 billion during the […]
January 14, 2025
Amazon is reportedly turning its digital assistant, Alexa, into an artificial intelligence agent. In the new role, Alexa would be able to complete practical tasks, although the tech giant must...
August 30, 2024
Amazon is turning to Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) model Claude to power the revamped version of its voice assistant, Alexa, according to sources familiar with the matter. The new version...
July 23, 2024
Amazon reportedly plans to launch a paid tier of Alexa as soon as this month. The paid tier will offer a version of the voice assistant that has been dubbed...
