Topic
5 written stories · 6 tracked
Amazon is developing a new Alexa assistant, codenamed “Moonraker,” that is designed to handle more complex, multistep tasks. The project aims to make the assistant more agentic and powerful than current versions. Internal documents project that the effort will require over $100 million in GPU costs by 2026.
Amazon is rolling out a new service that lets shoppers create custom merchandise through AI-generated designs. The feature, integrated with Alexa for Shopping, expands its print-on-demand lineup to include items such as T-shirts, water bottles and hoodies, allowing users to design and order personalized products directly on the platform.
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.
Amazon has integrated Alexa into its shopping experience, launching an Alexa-powered assistant that appears in the search bar on Amazon.com and its app for U.S. customers, replacing the previous Rufus AI tool. The same Alexa functionality is also available on big-screen Echo Show devices, extending the voice assistant’s role in browsing and purchasing across the platform.
Amazon’s “Send to Alexa” (also referred to as “Send to Alexa Plus”) feature lets Kindle Scribe users transmit notes, documents, and other notebook content directly to Alexa-enabled devices. The integration enables Alexa to summarize and organize the material, converting notes into to-do lists and calendar events, thereby extending the Scribe’s functionality for task management and brainstorming.