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And yet, one of the potential foremothers of AI remains struggling to catch up,Amazon’s Alexa.
Since then, AI has only gotten more embedded or upgraded.
Meanwhile, Google is expected toannounce Gemini 2.0 in December.
One source told Bloomberg that Alexa “has more in common with an automated phone tree than AI.”
At the time, it was believed Amazon would have something to ship in 2024.
And Amazon did announcenew generative AI skillsfor Alexa in January.
That timeline slipped to October 2024 and since then into a vague future point in 2025.
For Bloomberg’s report, seems like Amazon was not inclined to give a comment.
In the meanwhile, competitors are lapping Amazon in both the chatbot and AI-powered smart home space.
Amazon responds
Amazon responded to our inquiry today.
Our vision for Alexa remains the sameto build the worlds best personal assistant.
We are excited about what were building and look forward to delivering it for our customers.
For now, Alexa remains behind, but Amazon seems to be working on it.
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