The e-commerce and streaming giant used to have the most widely used voice-activated AI before the ChatGPT revolution, but recent company comments suggest it may be a victim of its early success.

Amazon is working on updating Alexa with generative AI to transform it into a more intelligent and helpful personal assistant.

The original Alexa software, built on top of technology acquired from British start-up Evi in 2012, was a question-answering machine that worked by searching within a defined universe of facts to find the right response, such as the day’s weather or a specific song in your music library.

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 ...

Despite its size, the speaker is capable of powerful sound with a rich and deep bass. The Amazon Echo has a three-inch neodymium woofer and dual front-firing 0.8″ tweeters to produce premium room-filling sound.

The Amazon Echo Dot 4th Generation is still on sale, but the deal is for one specific color, and you have to dig a bit to find the offer.

“Baby Stroller, Luxury Carriage with Large Basket, Gold Aluminum Frame, Anti-Shock Wheels (A-Pink),” it reads. The brand is “wisesonle.” As of press time, the product retails for $278.

The Amazon Fire TV Cube is one of the best streaming devices available, thanks to its wide range of features and hands-free voice control.

Amazon is working to relaunch its Alexa voice-powered digital assistant as an AI “agent” that can complete practical tasks, Madhumita Murgia

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