Amazon will reportedly use Anthropic's AI for premium Alexa instead of its own

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Amazon will reportedly use Anthropic's AI for premium Alexa instead of its own
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But initial versions of the new Alexa using in-house software simply struggled for words, sometimes taking six or seven seconds to acknowledge a prompt and reply, one of the sources said.Amazon’s new premium Alexa subscription will rely largely on Anthropic’s artificial intelligence, not Amazon’s, according to a report.So Amazon turned to Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot, since it performed better, sources said.

So the pressure is on for the Alexa devices to make money this year, especially from CEO Andy Jassy – who took the helm in 2021. Jassy has“Amazon uses many different technologies to power Alexa,” an Amazon spokesperson told The Post.

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