Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access
Alexa, Amazon’s smart assistant enters a new era with GenAI
Five years of Alexa and big numbers seal the interaction between people and Amazon's smart speaker. To celebrate the anniversary, Amazon Italy organised a party meeting with the press at the Amazon Black Friday Fun House, a temporary shop opened for
Amazon.com to cut ‘several hundred’ Alexa jobs
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) - Amazon.com on Friday announced it is trimming jobs at its Alexa voice assistant unit, citing shifting business priorities and a greater focus on generative artificial intelligence. The cuts affect several hundred employees working on Alexa, according to
Alexa, help! Amazon partners with EVgo to ease EV charging pain
The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - E-commerce giant Amazon hopes a new partnership with EVgo, powered by its Alexa voice assistant, will help