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.

Scale AI, the artificial intelligence company backed by Amazon (AMZN) and Meta (META), has secured a five-year deal with Qatar which it claims

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

Amazon stole the show with its Alexa+ AI announcements on Wednesday, but OpenAI isn't waiting around for another chance in the spotlight. The company behind ChatGPT announced on X on that it would

Amazon is betting a multibillion-dollar investment in robotics will yield near-term savings, Rafe Uddin of The Financial Times reports.

But I think you can imagine, there’s going to be a whole slew of AI devices that are coming,” he told CNN in an interview. His remarks come as tech giants are racing to incorporate AI agents and chatbots into new devices.

Business Insider reports that it’s “tentatively scheduled to launch by June” and would have Nova branding. [Link: Amazon is working on a new 'reasoning' AI model that competes with OpenAI and Anthropic | | businessinsider.

The move will put the cloud-computing giant in closer competition with OpenAI and Anthropic.

Anthropic on Monday closed its latest funding round at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to CNBC. The $3.5 billion round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and other investors included Salesforce Ventures,

Meta, which has sponsored the Puzzle Day for almost 15 years, is just one of the many tech companies that support courses at Harvard. Professors at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have repeatedly collaborated with companies — like Amazon,