Is Alexa about to get smarter? Amazon will copy Apple by giving its smart assistant a powerful AI revamp, report claims
Just a few weeks after Apple laid out its grand new AI project, it seems Amazon is getting in on the act too. The tech giant is about to fit its smart assistant Alexa with powerful generative AI capabilities that make it much smarter, according to a report. Alexa powers the firm's Echo smart speakers Known internally as 'Banyan', Amazon's new project would represent the first major overhaul of the voice assistant since it was introduced in 2014 along with the Echo line of speakers. For Amazon, keeping up with rivals in generative AI is critical as Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have garnered more favorable attention for their AI chatbots that can respond almost instantaneously with full sentences to complicated prompts or queries Earlier this month, Apple revealed that its smart assistant Siri will be powered by ChatGPT on the next major software update for its devices In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said the firm has 'already integrated generative AI into different components of Alexa'. ' It comes a few weeks after Apple revealed that its smart assistant Siri will be powered by ChatGPT on the next major software update for its devices.
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