Its part of Amazons effort to compete withOpenAIs ChatGPT-4 OmniandGoogles Gemini 1.5, which threaten digital assistants like Alexa.
The report confirms several details about Amazons ambitions for Alexa thatBusiness Insiderreported in January.
That previous report mentioned a June 30 launch deadline and a reported name for the technology, Remarkable Alexa.
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While once seeming novel, Alexa now appears fairly limited as an assistant compared to modern AI competitors.
Internally, CNBC reports that Jassy has made Alexa less of a priority since it wasnt making significant revenue.
Amazon pointed Gizmodo towards ablog postfrom Sept. 2023 titled Previewing the future of Alexa when asked about CNBCs report.
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