AMAZON UNVEILS A "SMARTER AND MORE CONVERSATIONAL" ALEXA AMID AI RACE AMONG TECH COMPANIES

Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative Al features to better compete with other tech companies who've rolled out flashy chatbots.

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During a demonstration in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Amazon’s devices chief Dave Limp said the latest language model will allow consumers to have more humanlike conversations with a “smarter and more conversational” Alexa.

The company showed different interactions through a pre-recorded video and a live demo where Alexa responds to prompts to write a poem, give ideas for a date night and provide a breakdown of a football game. Limp also demonstrated a capability where the voice assistant can prep a text message, though his exchange with Alexa included some awkward pauses where he had to repeat some prompts twice before getting an answer.