Amazon Is Reportedly Working On A More Powerful Agentic Alexa Assistant
The project is codenamed ‘Moonraker’ and would enable the AI assistant to handle multi-step tasks more effectively.
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Amazon is reportedly working on an updated version of Alexa that would expand on the capabilities of its existing Alexa+ assistant. Business Insider claims to have seen internal planning documents that detail a project codenamed Moonraker, which is designed to handle more complex interactions that contain multiple simultaneous requests.
The main focus of Moonraker seems to be building out Alexa's agentic abilities. In the documents seen by Business Insider, listed examples include asking the assistant to book a ride and text a friend in a single interaction. It's a move that would enable Alexa to better compete with agentic AI models from the likes of Google, Anthropic and OpenAI.
The other key takeaway from Amazon's plans is the cost of such an endeavor. They projected GPU costs of more...
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