When Amazon first launched its virtual assistant nine years ago, it was able to answer simple questions and play music.
But now it can answer more complex questions and engage in a flowing, open-ended conversation, taking advantage of chatbot technology such as ChatGPT.
Amazon announced the upgrade to Alexa at an event held at its second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
demos given onstage on Wednesday showed Alexa exhibiting more simulated personality with its intonation and efforts at humor.
In a few weeks, users who say, Alexa, let’s chat will get access to the new, more capable voice assistant.
The new Alexa will also modulate its own voice to create a more natural-seeming back-and-forth.
“If I ask Alexa how the Red Sox are doing, and they have just lost, it will come back with an empathetic tone,” says Rohit Prasad, who leads AI development at Amazon.
Prasad says
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