Amazon’s fresh slate of hardware is here, but the real bonus is the assistant powering them. Alexa+ promises an evolution, and these four core areas show why should finally pay attention to the hype ...

Powered by generative AI, Alexa+ is a reinvention of Amazon’s hugely successful voice assistant. As well as giving you answers to specific questions and performing set tasks, it remembers your ...

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When Amazon launched the Alexa virtual assistant nine years ago, its ability to decode voice commands to set a timer or play a song seemed almost magical. Today, the bar for impressive language skills ...

Amazon is launching more than 20 new products, including refreshed Echo speakers, Fire TVs, Kindle Scribes, Ring cameras, and more. We've got all the release dates and pre-order links you need.

Windows Copilot is an AI-powered personal assistant that works across its latest operating system. Bill Gates believes that personal assistants will shape who wins and loses in the AI race. AI ...

Cloud-native developers on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform were greeted with a preview of a new generative AI assistant called Amazon Q during the company's ongoing re:Invent ...

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers — home to the virtual personal assistant Alexa — have sparked billions of dollars in losses for the company despite strong sales and household name recognition around the ...