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Amazon Fell Behind in AI. An Alexa Creator Is Leading Its Push to Catch Up.

As one of the chief architects of Amazon’s Alexa, Rohit Prasad has been at the vanguard of artificial intelligence. Now, he is leading the company’s effort to catch up in the AI race. The Seattle ...
GeekWire

Claude meets Alexa: Amazon will reportedly use Anthropic’s AI to help power its voice assistant

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 ...
New York Post

Amazon will reportedly use Anthropic’s AI for premium Alexa instead of its own

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 ...
MacRumors

Amazon to Launch New AI-Powered Alexa Using Anthropic's Claude

Amazon is set to release a revamped version of its Alexa voice assistant this October that will be powered by AI models from Anthropic's Claude, rather than Amazon's in-house AI technology, reports ...
Business Insider

Amazon 'dropped the ball' with Alexa, former employee says

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. A former employee said Amazon "dropped the ball" with its voice assistant Alexa. Mihail Eric, a former ...
GeekWire

With new Alexa website, Amazon’s consumer AI vision finally comes together — and it’s actually useful

Amazon’s new Alexa.com portal brings the AI-powered Alexa+ assistant to the desktop browser. Amazon is quietly rolling out the last big pillar of its AI-powered Alexa+ vision: the Alexa.com website, ...