Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

SimpleAttachments.comSimpleAttachments.com

Tech News

Alexa may get smarter with more APIs rather than more AI

Amazon’s Alexa logo against a blue background
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Following ongoing reports that Amazon’s generative AI makeover of Alexa is not going well, it appears Amazon may take a more practical approach to making its smart assistant more useful. According to Business Insider, Amazon is partnering with several companies to make Alexa better at doing things you might want a digital assistant to do: including calling an Uber, tackling Ticketmaster for events, booking dinner through OpenTable, and handling GrubHub and Instacart for your food delivery.

Now, if this sounds familiar, it’s because the likes of Uber, OpenTable, GrubHub and others already had Alexa Skills, but apparently, this is something different. These companies are reportedly being recruited to be part of the new Alexa, which Amazon…

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Editor's Pick

Marc Joffe In recent posts, I have looked at costly light rail projects in Austin and Minneapolis whose sponsors are seeking federal funding. Not...

Tech News

Image: Tesla Robin Zeng, the founder of the world’s largest EV battery company, says Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s big bet on 4680 cylindrical cell...

Editor's Pick

(This is an excerpt from the subscriber-only DP Weekly Wrap for Friday) On Friday, the Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 20-day EMA crossed down through the...

Editor's Pick

Vanessa Brown Calder President-elect Donald Trump has signaled an appetite for change with his new Department of Government Efficiency and various cabinet picks. While...