At an event in New York on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI technologies. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it a “complete re-architecture” of the AI assistant.

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the popular voice assistant to have more personality, check a user’s tone an

At a swank event for journalists and Amazon employees, the company on Wednesday unveiled its revamped voice assistant, Alexa+. The widely used technology has been bolstered with generative AI, the company has said, to make interacting with it feel more natural than simply repeating orders.