Among the many slew of CES announcements this week, it ought to be no shock to anybody that generative AI is a serious theme from tech firms this 12 months, together with Volkswagen, Nvidia and – after all – Amazon.
In September 2023, Amazon announced to builders that it could be launching new instruments to construct LLM-powered experiences. Immediately, the corporate revealed three builders delivering new generative AI-powered Alexa experiences, together with AI chatbot platform Character.AI, AI music firm Splash and Voice AI recreation developer Volley. All three experiences can be found within the Amazon Alexa Talent Retailer.
Character.AI’s new expertise permits Alexa customers to have real-time conversations with totally different personas, resembling a fictional character known as Librarian Linda, a private coach and even faux variations of celebrities and historic figures like Elon Musk, Socrates and William Shakespeare, amongst others. You can too play a roleplay journey recreation like serving to Nintendo character Mario discover Princess Peach.
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In the meantime, Splash launched a free Alexa Skill the place customers can create songs utilizing their voice. To start out, customers say, “Alexa, open Splash,” after which they decide a musical style (pop, digital, rock or hip hop), add lyrics and both rap or sing alongside. Customers also can obtain their customized songs by asking Alexa to ship a hyperlink to their cellphones.
Volley launched its generative AI-powered “20 Questions” recreation, giving Alexa customers a contemporary model of the well-known recreation. The sport makes use of generative AI to work together with customers by asking them questions, offering hints and explaining “yes or no questions” if the human opponent will get caught.
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Amazon has made many AI-related enhancements to Alexa in current months, together with a new generative AI model to present the digital assistant a extra opinionated persona and the flexibility to adjust its tone and response to precise human feelings like pleasure or shock. The tech large additionally released a kids-focused function on Echo units known as “Explore with Alexa,” the place Amazon Youngsters+ subscribers can have kid-friendly conversations, be taught enjoyable information and reply trivia questions.
Different Amazon bulletins at CES embody bringing Fireplace TV to Panasonic’s new sensible TVs in 2024, Matter Casting assist on Fireplace TV and Echo Present 15 units, the newest technology of robotaxi Zoox and extra.
