Amazon Alexa+ Can Now Create AI-Powered Podcast Episodes on Demand

Amazon said Alexa Podcasts uses information from more than 200 publications, including the AP, Reuters, The Washington Post, ...

Amazon's Alexa can now generate podcasts on whatever topic you want. But, will anyone listen?

Prime subscribers in the US can now ask Alexa to create audio podcasts on virtually any topic. To provide the AI with reliable sources, Amazon has ...
Android

Amazon’s Alexa Plus Can Now Turn Any Topic into an AI Podcast

Amazon has announced a new Alexa Podcasts feature, a new Alexa Plus feature that can create AI-generated podcast-style episodes on virtually any topic in just minutes. The company says it’s partnering ...

Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts

Some “Alexa Podcast” examples shared by Amazon have two AI-generated hosts talking about the history of the Roman Empire, new ...

Amazon’s Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated ‘Podcasts’ Featuring Chats Between Two Robot ‘Co-Hosts’

Amazon‘s Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa has been answering billions of users’ queries since it was first released ...
PCMag

Amazon Swaps Rufus for New 'Alexa for Shopping' Bot: Here's What's New

Amazon is dropping the "Rufus" branding in favor of a new AI assistant called “Alexa for Shopping" that combines the ...
PC World

Alexa’s adults-only ‘Sassy’ personality just roasted my smart home setup

Amazon launched a new adults-only ‘Sassy’ personality for Alexa+ that features playful sarcasm, mild profanity, and humorous roasts of users’ smart home setups. This age-gated mode requires identity ...
The New York Times

Reporters Seek Comment. What Happens Next May Surprise You.

Accurate journalism requires full and fair reporting. It means pushing hard to hear from those you’re writing about. Credit...Photo Illustration by Mel Haasch; Grace Cary/Getty Images Supported by By ...
PC World

Amazon’s new AI Alexa isn’t free anymore

PCWorld reports that Amazon has ended free access to its advanced Alexa+ AI service, now charging non-Prime members $19.99 monthly for full features. Prime subscribers receive Alexa+ as an included ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Newsrooms are taking comments seriously again

In the 2010s, news publishers couldn’t shut their comment sections fast enough. The space “below the line” had become a noisy, thankless place to spend your time, where bile and bad-faith arguments ...
The Verge

Amazon has started automatically upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus

Users can revert back to the original Alexa, but can’t opt out of the automatic update. Users can revert back to the original Alexa, but can’t opt out of the automatic update. is a news writer ...
Yahoo

Alexa Bliss Reacts To Comments About Her Recent Appearance

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Craig Melvin/WWE via Getty Images Alexa Bliss has shared her thoughts about the comments about her recent appearance.