Alexa Is About To Get Smarter

Amazon’s latest Alexa Plus update introduces an AI developer toolkit, MCP support, and smart home automations that understand ...

Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions

Amazon is launching an update to its Alexa Plus assistant that will allow it to connect to smart home devices in new ways.
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Clever dog learns how to phone his owner using Alexa when it gets lonely

A clever dog from Washington, US, has learned how to call her owner when she gets lonely using a combination of talking buttons and Alexa. Aly the bichon frisé presses a button programmed to say ...
The Next Web

Amazon’s secret ‘Moonraker’ project pushes Alexa into the AI-agent race

Amazon has an agentic upgrade for Alexa in the works, codenamed Moonraker. Internal documents show it is also one of the priciest bets in the Alexa+ overhaul. Amazon wants Alexa to act, not just ...
PC World

Alexa has a Prime Day superpower. Use it with caution

Time is of the essence when it comes to Amazon Prime Day. Snooze on a great deal, and it’ll probably be gone before you can toss it in your shopping cart. Your best bet for using AI to scour Amazon ...
Variety

Amazon Teams With Papa Johns, Beck, Jill Scott, Omar Courtz for New Alexa Ads Using Agentic AI

Alexa, buy me the pizza I just saw in that commercial. Amazon will harness agentic AI, which can determine the steps needed to solve a problem or come up with a solution, to create a new ad format for ...
Fast Company

These new Amazon ads don’t just recommend products—they can make your purchases for you

As Prime Day kicks off today, Amazon is debuting Alexa+ Agentic Ads on its Echo Show devices. The move is part of the retail giant’s broader push to help shoppers discover new products and deals ...
USA Today

7 hidden Alexa features that can help you save time and money

Amazon's Alexa+ offers several new features designed to save users time and money. Users can request free product samples by voice command through the "Send Me a Sample" feature. The AI assistant can ...
TechCrunch

Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI

On Monday, Amazon introduced a new feature that allows anyone to design merchandise using AI, posing an expanded challenge to online merch platforms like Redbubble, Bonfire, Spring, Fourthwall, and ...
Chicago Tribune

Exhausted former Python Eric Idle talks ‘Spamalot’ and staying alive and kicking

“Spamalot,” the musical adapted by Eric Idle from the 1975 movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” first opened in Chicago in 2004 and on Broadway in 2005. A national tour of the 2023 revival is ...
Reuters

Singapore urges financial firms to use AI to create better jobs

SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Singapore's banks and financial firms should use artificial intelligence to create better jobs and train workers for higher-value roles, not just cut costs, Deputy Prime ...