Seonglae ChoWSJ News Exclusive | Amazon, in Broad Cost-Cutting Review, Weighs Changes at Alexa and Other Unprofitable Units
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy is leading a cost-cutting review of the tech giant and paring back on businesses at the company that haven't been profitable, according to people familiar with the matter. As part of the monthslong cost-cutting review, Amazon's leadership is closely evaluating its Alexa business, according to some of the people.
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/amazon-has-launched-a-cost-cutting-review-focused-on-unprofitable-business-units-11668094823
Amazon to introduce a new Alexa feature to mimic anyone's voice - Digital Boom
Amazon has recently unveiled that it's working on a new mimicry feature of its voice assistant Alexa that will be able to mimic any human's voice, dead or alive, using less than a minute of recorded audio. The release date is still unknown.
https://adigitalboom.com/amazon-to-introduce-a-new-alexa-feature-to-mimic-anyones-voice
Amazon is slowly turning Alexa into a totally automated virtual assistant
Amazon is making a bunch of changes to the Alexa user experience, all with the same idea in mind: making the virtual assistant easier to use. The most notable is a change in how Alexa handles Routines, which developers can now create and recommend to users instead of requiring you to manually build your own automations.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/20/23270516/amazon-alexa-routines-kit-universal-commands
