Amazon says that the brand new and improved Alexa unveiled on Wednesday, Alexa+, is powered by a “mannequin agnostic” system that’s all the time utilizing the “finest” AI mannequin for any given process.
Onstage at a press occasion in NYC, Amazon VP Daniel Rausch mentioned that Alexa+ attracts on Bedrock, Amazon’s cloud platform designed to let organizations experiment with generative AI fashions, to energy its varied options.
Among the fashions Alexa+ is utilizing are Amazon Nova, Amazon’s household of in-house generative AI fashions, in addition to fashions from Amazon’s shut associate and collaborator Anthropic.
This “mannequin agnostic” strategy allows what is perhaps thought of “agentic” capabilities. Alexa+ leverages a brand new system known as “specialists” for explicit duties. Experts orchestrate Amazon companies and units in addition to companies and units from third events.
Rausch mentioned on day one, Alexa+ will work with “tens of 1000’s” of units and companies.
