Amazon has named its latest AI chatbot after a dog that belonged to two of the company's earliest workers.
The e-commerce giant launched a new AI-powered shopping assistant called Rufus on Thursday — and the chatbot shares a name with Amazon's first four-legged "employee."
Rufus belonged to Susan Benson, Amazon's former editor-in-chief, and her husband Richard, who was an engineer.
pic.twitter.com/DsXElz0fht — Amazon (@amazon) February 20, 2020Amazon named one of the buildings in its Seattle headquarters after the corgi, which died in 2009.
There are pictures of him throughout its offices , including one hailing Rufus as Amazon's "official switch thrower."
Persons:
Rufus, Amazon's, Susan Benson, Richard, corgi, Brad Stone's, Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy
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Amazon, corgi
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Seattle