For over a decade, Amazon’s Alexa has been a familiar voice in homes worldwide, seamlessly playing music, setting crucial ...

In the age of the AI boom, it seems everything's getting a makeover. The ill-defined software has totally revamped perfectly ...

To find out whether Alexa is still the best smart assistant for my family, I'm going to test Amazon's AI-powered devices, ...

Ultimately, Amazon “turned to Claude,” the Reuters story says. Of course, the origin of the new Alexa’s AI smarts won’t matter to Alexa users if the final product is a good one.

Alexa Plus knows more, can do more, and is easier to interact with because it understands more. I can ramble, pause, sigh, ...

AI is going to have a more prominent role in both current and forthcoming products from Amazon. In the words of the late-Sam Cooke — “A Change is Gonna Come.” Amazon is scheduled to hold an event on ...

Amazon's new AI-powered Alexa promises to be your 'best friend in a digital world' for a monthly fee The generative-AI powered Alexa will be free for Prime members or cost $19.99 a month for other ...

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the popular voice assistant to have more personality, check a user’s tone and even plan romantic dates.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy helped unveil the new Alexa, describing Amazon's mission of "using this new generative-AI revolution" to improve Alexa. "Our team has been working on this for several months.

Alexa+ has a “model-agnostic system,” allowing it to select the best AI model for the tasks it wants to complete, said Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s vice president for Alexa and Echo.

But unlike before, when Alexa was offered for free on any Alexa-enabled devices, customers will have to pay Amazon a monthly fee of $19.99 for the revamped voice assistant, which it calls ...