In brief: We've seen plenty of previous reports claiming that Amazon is close to launching a subscription-based version of Alexa powered by generative AI. It now appears that the service will finally land in October, just a few weeks before the US election.

Amazon is turning to AI startup Anthropic to power the online retailer’s revamped Alexa when it’s released in October — rather than using its own artificial intelligence, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Seattle-based company ...

Amazon’s new Alexa.com portal brings the AI-powered Alexa+ assistant to the desktop browser. Amazon is quietly rolling out the last big pillar of its AI-powered Alexa+ vision: the Alexa.com website, bridging the gap between its Echo devices, mobile app ...

You may use your Amazon Echo Dot as your primary interface for Alexa or just a music speaker, but it actually has a lot of features you may not know about.

Amazon unveiled on Wednesday the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since it was introduced more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence. The effort carries significant weight at Amazon, which has plowed ...

Sachin Bahal is a freelance tech writer. He has a bachelor's in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University and studied journalism and photography at Durham College. A tech geek since childhood, Sachin started his own blog, TheCanadianTechie, in 2012.