Amazon is upgrading its decade-old Alexa voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence and plans to charge a monthly subscription fee to offset the cost of the technology, according to people with knowledge of Amazon's plans.
Amazon's subscription for Alexa will not be included in the $139 per year Prime offering, and Amazon has not yet nailed down the price point, one source said.
The Alexa team worried they had invented an expensive alarm clock, weather machine and way to play Spotify music, one source said.
When reached for comment, Amazon pointed to the company's annual shareholder letter released last month.
It has undergone a massive reorganization, with much of the team shifting to the artificial general intelligence, or AGI, team, according to three sources.
Persons:
OpenAI, Siri, Apple's, Scott Galloway, Alexa, Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, Jassy, Alexa didn't
Organizations:
Alexa, Google, Amazon, Gemini, iPhones, NYU, Spotify
Locations:
Seattle