Amazon’s Alexa is now on the web; Alexa+ competes with ChatGPT, GeminiAmazon Alexa's website Alexa+ is now positioned at the core of Amazon’s strategy. According to the company, going beyond voice, Alexa+ now ...
06 Jan, 2026, 11.02 PM IST
Who is Rohit Prasad, Amazon AI executive set to exit the company after 12 years? All about Ranchi BIT Mesra graduateRohit Prasad Amazon: Amazon's artificial general intelligence chief Rohit Prasad is set to depart from the company after 12 long years. Pra...
18 Dec, 2025, 01.09 PM IST
Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revampAmazon's new Alexa, set to launch in October, will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude AI models instead of Amazon's own. The upgrad...
30 Aug, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revampKnown internally as 'Banyan,' the project would represent the first major overhaul of the voice assistant since it was introduced in 2014 a...
21 Jun, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
Amazon plays catch-up with Alexa generative AI, shows off refreshed hardwareAlexa will converse more naturally next year, losing its robotic tone of nearly a decade, and answer questions like the start time for foot...
20 Sep, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
Amazon devices unit morale wanes amid cuts, weak development pipelineMorale within Amazon's hardware division, Lab126, has reportedly suffered due to staff cutbacks and concerns over the success of upcoming d...
20 Sep, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Amazon devices unit morale wanes amid cuts, weak development pipelineThe division, known as Lab126, was a focus for Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos, who portrayed it as an engine for future projects, but more rec...
19 Sep, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant lost the AI raceThe tech world is now gushing over a different kind of virtual assistant: chatbots. These AI-powered bots, such as ChatGPT and the new Chat...
15 Mar, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in logistics and robotics companiesAlex Ceballos Encarnacion, vice president of worldwide corporate development, said in an Amazon blog post that target companies may work wi...
22 Apr, 2022, 09.07 AM IST
Amazon enters the fitness-tracking business with Halo, says it won't use data for adsThe fitness tracker costs $100 and has no screen; there's also a monthly $4 charge to use all of its features.
28 Aug, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Technology is capable of changing India's retail landscape, especially in a post-pandemic worldTectonic changes are taking place in the field of retail with the pandemic bringing about a decisive shift towards online buying, and techn...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
Alexa, what is your India demand? Skill developersAmazon is leaving no stone unturned to gain the attention of developers and brands with the intent of keeping its market lead over Google H...
02 Jan, 2019, 09.57 AM IST
What’s with Alexa’s Spaghetti Strategy?Amazon is racing to position its tech at the centre of our Jetsons-like home of future.
25 Sep, 2018, 09.01 AM IST
Does your business need to be on voice assistants? A guide to understanding Amazon Echo & Google HomeVoice has been the most natural form of human interaction, historically we have domesticated wild animal to understand our voices.
27 Jun, 2018, 12.23 PM IST
Evolution of voice assistants in banking - from simple Q&A to personalized advice20 Jan, 2018, 12.02 PM IST
First Amazon Alexa-enabled digital glasses to debut at CES 2018The company is “excited about the potential of the glasses and the ability to bring Alexa to customers in a new way.
06 Jan, 2018, 06.14 PM IST
Amazon set to introduce Alexa Voice Service, Echo speakers in IndiaThe speakers will initially be launched with an English interface and be updated later to respond to commands in regional Indian languages.
29 Jun, 2017, 09.38 AM IST