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Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant to be integrated on the same devices for the first time

Amazon and Google are putting their rival voice assistants on the same devices for the first time, allowing users to… Read More

Amazon devices chief Dave Limp is leaving in latest executive departure

Dave Limp, the longtime leader of Amazon’s devices division, will step down later this year. Limp is leaving Amazon after… Read More

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Amazon’s Alexa chief on the rise of ChatGPT, and why the comparison isn’t fair to either

Why can’t Alexa users have sophisticated, nuanced voice interactions with Amazon’s assistant, similar to text-based conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT? That… Read More

Amazon is ending celebrity voices for Alexa that delivered weather, jokes and more

Amazon is muting the celebrity voices for Alexa that have been used to report the weather, tell jokes and more.… Read More

Amazon unveils Echo Pop, new Echo Buds; reports >500M Alexa device sales as AI upends market

Amazon unveiled a new Echo smart speaker, a $39.99 semi-sphere called Echo Pop, meant for bedrooms and other small spaces… Read More

Alexa vs. ChatGPT: Amazon building new AI models to make assistant more proactive, conversational

As new forms of generative AI spread across the tech world, it’s becoming tough for Alexa users to accept rudimentary… Read More

Asking Alexa to thank your Amazon delivery driver will trigger a $5 tip — paid for by the company

Update, Dec. 12: Customers looking to thank their Amazon delivery drivers with a $5 tip have run out of time,… Read More

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What’s wrong with Alexa: Former insider on the challenges facing Amazon’s AI voice assistant

Amazon created the initial technical scaffolding for Alexa quickly, jumping out to an early lead in the market for smart… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Layoffs land at Amazon HQ; Redfin’s real estate reversal; Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z

Amazon became the latest tech giant to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this week in the face of the… Read More

‘Alexa Built-In’ phones to lose key feature as Amazon cedes ground to Apple and Google

Unlike Google and Apple, Amazon doesn’t have a smartphone platform of its own for native integration of its voice assistant,… Read More

Amazon devices chief Dave Limp addresses layoffs in memo to employees

As Amazon has started the process of laying off employees from its corporate and tech workforce this week, one senior… Read More

Amazon’s new Halo Rise bedside device tracks sleep with radar sensor, low-power radio signals

Amazon unveiled a new bedside sleep-tracking device, Halo Rise, expanding its lineup of consumer health devices beyond wristbands for the… Read More

Amazon aims to take Alexa automation to the next level with new ambient home developer kit

When you leave home and arm your security system, shouldn’t your robot vacuum know, without being told, that it’s time… Read More

Amazon previews Alexa capability that synthesizes a person’s voice from less than a minute of audio

LAS VEGAS — A short video of a child asking Alexa to have his grandma read the Wizard of Oz… Read More

Lawsuit alleges Amazon uses Alexa interactions for ad targeting without users’ knowledge or consent

Amazon’s Alexa is the target of a new lawsuit alleging that the company is using information gathered from users of… Read More

On visit to Seattle, Iceland’s president has a message for Amazon and Microsoft

Don’t forget about the less common languages when building digital devices and software. That was the message to local tech… Read More

Amazon Super Bowl ad stars Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost — and Alexa as a mind reader

It might seem like Amazon’s Alexa is reading your mind when she automatically orders more toilet paper or turns on… Read More

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NFTs, Metaverse, Web3, and new realities of startup investing, with Founders Co-op’s Aviel Ginzburg

So much of what happens in the startup world comes from serendipitous moments, random interactions that lead to fresh insights… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier

Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from… Read More

Amazon teams up with Lockheed Martin and Cisco to put Alexa voice assistant on NASA’s moon ship

Alexa, when are we arriving at the moon? Putting Amazon’s AI-enabled voice assistant on a moon-bound spaceship may sound like… Read More

Alexa, please! Study suggests kids know how to talk differently to virtual assistants and humans

Kids taught to say “Bungo” to get a smart assistant to speed up know they are talking to a robot… Read More

Q&A with Amazon Alexa chief Rohit Prasad on the future of ambient computing

When Amazon’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker debuted in 2014, it was something of a novelty: A voice-activated natural language processing… Read More

Amazon gives developers access to Alexa device home screens, aiming to revitalize market for skills

Amazon will offer independent software developers a slice of the most important real estate on Alexa devices, giving users the… Read More

Filings reveal Amazon’s plan to use radar for ‘sleep tracing’ and touchless device control

Amazon plans to use radar to help people monitor their sleep and control their devices using gestures, a Federal Communications… Read More

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‘Amazon Unbound’ is a portrait of a company ‘getting perilously close to invincible’

“I wonder what unit profitability was in 2017 without advertising?” That seemingly mundane question, posed by Jeff Bezos during a… Read More

Amazon Halo users get option to connect with Alexa devices for personal health updates via voice

Amazon Halo users will be able to ask Echo speakers and other Alexa-enabled devices for updates on their activity scores,… Read More

Amazon releases surprise Alexa app for Microsoft Xbox, with voice controls and video features

Amazon is bringing new voice control capabilities to Microsoft’s gaming consoles with the surprise release of a new “Alexa for… Read More

Alexa, is it warm in here? Amazon Super Bowl ad turns hot ‘Black Panther’ star into an Echo device

The disembodied voice of Amazon’s Alexa may have finally found a vessel suitable for helping with recipes, turning on the… Read More

Report: Amazon working on Alexa-enabled device to track and measure sleep disorder

Amazon is reportedly working on a new Alexa-enabled bedside device that does more than soothe you to sleep with white… Read More

Amazon beefs up machine learning in Alexa to predict ‘latent goals’ that aren’t directly expressed

Alexa is getting smarter. Amazon’s voice assistant in the U.S. can now predict “latent goals,” or potential requests that a… Read More