Amazon says that Alexa+, the new and improved Alexa unveiled on Wednesday, is powered by a “model agnostic” system that always uses the “best” AI model for a given task. On stage at a New York City ...

Amazon has transformed its renowned AI assistant, Alexa, into a modern chatbot called Alexa+ that is now available on the web for users to access. It is designed to answer all their questions and ...

Update: The story was updated with a statement from Amazon. Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) updated Alexa will be powered mainly by Anthropic's AI models called Claude rather than the tech giant's own AI, ...

Amazon is breaking into the generative AI space with their new product Alexa+. The product still is a piece of hardware people can have in their homes, but this time it is more advanced. According to ...

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, right, speaks about the company’s partnership with Amazon at the AWS re:Invent conference in November 2023. With him is Adam Selipsky, who has since left his role as ...

Amazon is recalibrating its Alexa Fund to match the company’s shifting ambitions in artificial intelligence, moving beyond voice assistants to back startups building future-facing AI tools and ...

There is no denying that Alexa is one of the most popular AI voice assistants of the present era, and it has been a massive part of the smart home experiences for users, but it is also getting a ...

Prasad's exit comes after Amazon struggled to show its internal AI efforts could match those of rivals—and just as reports surface that Amazon is discussing a big investment into OpenAI ...

Amazon is still hard at work in its efforts to realize an AI-powered Alexa digital assistant. “Hallucinations have to be close to zero,” Prasad told the FT. The issue? That’s far easier said than done ...

When Amazon’s latest Echo speakers arrived in October, a feature the company spent time hyping during its fall devices event was missing. Alexa Home Theater arrived in late November, allowing owners ...

Amazon is set to overhaul its Alexa virtual assistant, integrating Anthropic's Claude AI model to enhance its capabilities, with a new premium version scheduled to launch in October. Amazon’s iconic ...