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Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen AI-powered Alexa+, along...
For many of us, using our voices to interact with computers, phones, and other devices is a relatively new experience made possible by services like Amazon’s...
Today in Arlington, Virginia, at Amazon’s new HQ2, Amazon senior vice president Dave Limp hosted an event at which the Devices and Services organization rolled out...
In January 2023, Alexa launched a language-learning experience in Spain that helps Spanish speakers learn beginner-level English. The experience was developed in collaboration with Vaughan, the...
Amazon changed how people shop, revolutionized cloud computing, and developed popular technologies like Alexa. The company is now bringing its innovation and expertise in voice-activated artificial...
In the last five years, speech synthesis technology has moved to all-neural models, which allow the separate elements of speech — prosody, accent, language, and speaker...
Put your hand up if you enjoy using your TV remote to type in the name of the show you want to watch next. Who doesn’t...
Amazon today announced that a team from the University of Michigan has won the Alexa Prize SimBot Challenge. The SimBot Challenge’s goal is to advance the...
In November, Amazon announced that nine teams from around the globe were selected to participate in the Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 (SGC 5), a...
“Alexa, where’s the nearest coffee shop?” In vehicles with Alexa, drivers can pose questions like that — while keeping their eyes on the road and hands...