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Amazon has been short on details beyond confirming an event it is hosting with its head of devices in New York is Alexa-focused

Amazon debuts new Alexa voice assistant with AI overhaul

Amazon unveiled today the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since it was introduced more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence.

Business • 26 Feb

Amazon yesterday sent press invites to an event to be held on February 26 in New York featuring the head of its devices and services team, Panos Panay

Amazon set to release long-delayed Alexa AI revamp

Amazon is set to release its long-awaited - and delayed - Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service, said three people familiar with the matter, and has scheduled a press event for later this month to preview it.

Business • 06 Feb

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager

Market power of Alexa, Siri a concern - EU regulators

The market dominance of Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Alphabet's Google Assistant has triggered concerns of potential anti-competitive practices, EU antitrust regulators said today.

Business • 09 Jun 21

What Jeff Bezos has achieved with Amazon is remarkable - but others have paid the price for its growth

Bezos' Amazon captures the contradiction of big tech

Jeff Bezos' legacy captures perfectly the contradiction of the modern tech industry, writes Adam Maguire, as Amazon.com has brought innovation and convenience to the many in a way that ultimately benefits the few.

Business • 07 Feb 21

Echo Auto is powered from the car's 12V power outlet

Amazon's car based Echo Auto goes on sale here

Amazon has begun selling the vehicle based version of its Alexa virtual assistant here in Ireland.

Business • 17 Jun 20

The new Echo comes in four colour options

Review: Amazon Echo (3rd gen) and Echo Flex

Will Goodbody tries out some of the latest smart speaker offerings from Amazon.

Business • 03 Feb 20

Amazon to showcase its transportation drive at CES

From making cars talk using Alexa's voice to managing data from factories full of robots, Amazon.com wants a big piece of the action in transportation.

Business • 07 Jan 20

McDonalds said it must continue to innovate and think of creative ways to meet potential jobseekers on devices they are already using

Jobseekers can now find work at McDonalds through Alexa

People looking for a job at McDonald's can now start their application using Alexa or Google Assistant.

Business • 25 Sep 19

Amazon confirmed it did use some recordings as part of its work to improve Alexa's ability to understand human language

Amazon staff listen to Alexa recordings - report

Amazon staff listen to recordings of customer interactions with voice-based assistant Alexa to help train the artificial intelligence's responses, it has been reported.

Business • 11 Apr 19

Amazon's profit jumped 63% from a year ago to $3 billion in the fourth quarter

Amazon's quarterly profit jumps while shares slip

Amazon last night said that its profit in the past quarter surged on strong Christmas retail sales and its soaring cloud computing business.

Business • 01 Feb 19

Some people didn't exactly see the funny side of Alexa's laugh

Amazon softens Alexa's laugh

Amazon has promised to keep virtual assistant Alexa from spontaneously cackling, giving people eerie feelings about what the artificial intelligence might be plotting.

Technology • 08 Mar 18

A viewer had complained that the ad for Amazon's Echo Dot smart speaker was socially irresponsible

Amazon Echo Dot ad cleared after cat food order

A television ad for Amazon's Echo Dot smart speaker has been cleared by the UK regulator after it activated a viewer's own device and placed an order for cat food.

Business • 14 Feb 18