We attended Amazon's February announcement of a massive Alexa AI upgrade with great interest. The new service, called Alexa Plus, promised us conversational AI to set reservations, learn what we like, ...

Amazon’s latest hardware won’t begin shipping until mid-October, but you can preorder most devices starting today. Amazon’s latest hardware won’t begin shipping until mid-October, but you can preorder ...

Anyone can now try Alexa+, Amazon’s generative AI assistant, through a free early access program at Alexa.com. The website frees the AI, which Amazon released via early access in February, from ...

In the age of the AI boom, it seems that everything’s getting a makeover. The ill-defined software has totally revamped perfectly good products, from workout apps to creative programs like Adobe’s ...

I owned a lot of Alexa-powered devices in my former home: There were Amazon Echos in most rooms, including an older Echo Plus in the living room, a smattering of Dots, a Spot in a bedroom, and an Echo ...

Amazon’s voice assistant is hanging on by a thread. And that thread is generative AI—or, in Amazon’s case, Alexa+. Amazon hasn’t had a problem getting people to buy cheap, Alexa-powered gadgets.

A flyer for the Ballard Makers Market & Bar Hop, spotted on a Seattle street pole — an example of the real-world data I’ve been feeding into Amazon’s Alexa+ assistant. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) ...

Amazon released Alexa+ earlier this year via the Android and iOS platforms to give users a taste of the upgraded assistant experience that factors in generative AI, but in its latest update, the ...

And Amazon says it’s coming to everyone this summer. But we still don’t know how well the souped-up smart assistant will perform. And Amazon says it’s coming to everyone this summer. But we still ...

Amazon doesn’t just want Alexa to know you. It wants her to remember things about you, like a close friend or family member would. That’s the driving philosophy behind the vision for Alexa’s future, ...