Amazon is no longer content with Alexa as a polite voice in the corner of the living room. It is rebuilding the assistant as a generative AI system that remembers what people tell it, follows them ...

The initiative comes at a time when large technology firms are racing to integrate advanced AI into consumer devices, ...

Amazon's Alexa team is hard at work on an updated "AI brain" for the voice-activated smart assistant, according to a new report. But thanks to technical hiccups, a rapidly shifting AI market, and a ...

Amazon is turning to AI startup Anthropic to power the online retailer’s revamped Alexa when it’s released in October — rather than using its own artificial intelligence, five people familiar with the ...

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 ...

Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia.

Amazon today sent out invites for an AI-focused event that will be held on February 26, and according to Reuters, the company plans to introduce its next-generation Alexa generative AI service. Since ...

Amazon unveiled on Wednesday the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since it was introduced more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence. The effort ...

Amazon, the leading investor in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, is relying on that company's AI models to power the most advanced capabilities in new Alexa devices, according to two people ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers the consumer tech beat for Forbes. Alexa is getting a generative AI makeover, and it could be the biggest, ...