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Amazon’s new Alexa voice assistant will use Claude AI

Its Own In-House Generative AI Models Reportedly Struggled by Comparison

The improved version of Alexa that Amazon’s expected to release this year will primarily be powered by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model, according to Reuters. The publication reports that initial versions of Amazon’s smarter, subscription-based voice assistant that used the company’s own AI proved insufficient, often struggling with words and responding to user prompts.

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