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Amazon’s new Alexa feature generates entire podcast episodes using AI and licensed journalism from 200+ newsrooms

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Amazon’s Alexa+ feature can automatically generate full-length podcast episodes on demand, using AI to script and voice the content. The episodes feature two AI co-hosts and draw on licensed journalism from more than 200 newsrooms, covering a variety of topics for listeners in the United States.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechCrunch·Amazon’s new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes
Amazon's Alexa+ generates custom AI podcasts on demand. Alexa+ expands into a personalized AI content platform. It creates custom episodes.
- TechMeme·Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety)
- The Verge·Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts
- The Next Web·Amazon’s new Alexa feature generates entire podcast episodes using AI and licensed journalism from 200+ newsrooms