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 hardware and makes it as easily accessible as more established chatbots, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.

The question, once a whisper, has grown into a buzz: Will Amazon, in its pursuit of advertising dollars and dominance, soon embed ads within its Alexa voice assistant? The company’s recent moves suggest the answer is increasingly likely. Amazon is ...

From tomorrow, Amazon will force all Echo users to send voice commands to the cloud (Getty) This week, a 'rule change' in Amazon's Alexa service highlighted a question many users have around Amazon and its Echo service - what happens to your speech after ...

The latest version of the Amazon Alexa voice-enabled device, complete with meal planning and shopping features, is available via browser.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Amazon wrongly targets ads to Alexa users based on their interactions with voice-controlled devices. In a decision issued late last week, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein in the Western ...

UKRAINE - 2022/01/13: In this photo illustration, the Amazon Alexa logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen and Amazon logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) As Amazon prepares to roll ...

There are a swathe of festive things to ask Alexa this week. Here are 12 voice request you don't want to miss.