Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service. The company said this week that the AI-assisted dubbing – which refers to the practice of replacing an original audio track with a translated language – will be offered for licensed titles that previously lacked dubbing,

Amazon debuted a more sophisticated version of Alexa on Wednesday that’s more conversational and can handle tasks on your behalf. But in a surprising departure from its usual playbook, the company didn’t announce new Echo devices to go with its revamped digital helper.

E-commerce giant Amazon revealed Wednesday it will be rolling out an Alexa+ service infused with artificial intelligence that's free for Prime customers.

Amazon unveiled on Wednesday (February 26) the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since it was introduced more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

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

While most of Amazon’s planned $100bn in capital expenditure this year will be spent on expanding AI initiatives such as computing infrastructure, about a quarter will be directed at its ecommerce arm where the business is investing heavily in automation,

Amazon has been focused on bringing generative AI to Alexa for the past few years, hitting multiple delays in launching new features that the company first announced in September 2023. The delayed Alexa 2.

Amazon introduces Alexa+, a generative AI-powered assistant with a monthly fee of $19.99, free for Prime members.

Nvidia-backed Coreweave files to go public, while Amazon-backed Athropic announces a private-market valuation of $61.5 billion.

Chief Executive Andy Jassy told Bloomberg that the tech giant would announce new gadgets later in 2025, amid speculation that it would do so during yesterday's event to unveil its new generative artificial intelligence-powered Alexa+ service.

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