The effort carries significant weight at Amazon, which has plowed billions of dollars into Alexa since its launch in 2014.

It's called Alexa+, and the idea behind it is that generative AI can take the voice assistant to the next level.

Alexa+, Amazon’s revamped version of Alexa was unveiled Wednesday, bringing the popular voice assistant into the artificial intelligence era.

Voice assistant Alexa is expected to get a major artificial intelligence upgrade from Amazon tomorrow, and it could change how we interact with this popular piece of smart home tech. Amazon is hosting an event in New York City on Feb.

Online retail behemoth Amazon on Wednesday announced a new version of its Alexa voice assistant that is powered by generative artificial intelligence, giving the device more human-like qualities.

Amazon has been working for years to overhaul Alexa with generative AI features as it faced rising competition from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other chatbots.

Alexa+, Amazon's revamped version of Alexa was unveiled Wednesday, bringing the popular voice assistant into the artificial intelligence era.

Amazon introduces Alexa+, the next-generation of Alexa that acts as your personal AI assistant, smarter, more conversational, and free with Prime.

Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa — Alexa Plus — that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or getting info on the fly.

Amazon shares rose about 2% to $217.02. The event marked the unveiling of a secret project known internally as “Banyan” aimed at making Alexa more conversational. Generative AI is a type of ...

Amazon seems to finally be getting on the AI train, so to speak, as it launched the new Alexa Plus this week. According to the company, this newly supercharged AI powered assistant is more intuitive, understanding the user's needs more effortlessly than the previous model.