In a recent third quarter earnings call, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is making significant improvements to its smart assistant Alexa. He stated that the future Alexa will be a more 'intelligent' assistant that not only answers questions and summarizes information but can also take action on behalf of users. Jassy pointed out that the next generation of smart assistants and generative AI applications will possess stronger capabilities to perform various tasks, rather than just providing information.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced today in a blog post the launch of an AI assistant named Amazon Q Developer, designed to help developers improve efficiency when writing code. This assistant can be directly integrated into developers' IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), such as Visual Studio Code and JetBrains. Developers can easily highlight text to access new feature options from Q Developer.

Recently, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Databricks' partnership has attracted widespread attention as they collaborate in the field of generative artificial intelligence, aimed at enhancing AWS's competitiveness. This cooperation not only injects new momentum into Amazon's cloud services but also demonstrates their commitment to the application of AI technologies. According to data from Ark Invest, it is expected that by 2030, the proportion of disruptive innovation-related stocks in the global market will rise from 16% to 60%. In the current inflationary environment.

Recently, Amazon introduced a new AI feature in its online shopping experience - AI Shopping Guides. This new functionality aims to streamline the product research process, utilizing generative AI models to provide a personalized shopping assistant that helps users easily find their desired products. Currently, this feature is only available on the Amazon website and mobile app in the U.S., supporting over 100 product categories. Using the AI Shopping Guides is very simple. You just need to...

Recently, Amazon's $4 billion investment plan with AI startup Anthropic has finally been approved by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This decision has brought relief to many, as the CMA concluded that the transaction did not significantly impact market competition and therefore did not require further investigation. According to the CMA's report, Anthropic's revenue in the UK is below the threshold for merger scrutiny, and its market share is not significant enough to warrant additional attention.

In the latest launch of the EU's artificial intelligence initiative, the tech community has sparked a massive wave of response. Over 100 companies have signed the 'EU AI Agreement', becoming pioneers of this emerging initiative. The agreement aims to encourage companies to voluntarily adhere to a series of principles before the new AI regulations are formally implemented, laying a solid foundation for the future development of artificial intelligence. This agreement has attracted participation from numerous tech giants, including leaders in the AI field such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI.

Recently, the European Commission released the list of the first over 100 signatories of the AI Pact, including companies like Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Palantir, Samsung, SAP, Salesforce, Snap, Airbus, Porsche, Lenovo, and Qualcomm. Both Apple and Meta are not on the list. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by service provider Midjourney. The AI Pact aims to encourage companies to publish guidelines for the handling and deployment of artificial intelligence.

Recently, Amazon unveiled a series of impressive generative AI tools at its 'Amazon Accelerate' event, aimed at providing a better shopping experience for consumers and third-party sellers. One of the most notable features is the personalized product recommendations displayed on the Amazon homepage, based on customer preferences, search history, and purchase records. This means that the previous method of simply recommending 'similar products' will be updated to offer a wider range of product categories tailored to users' shopping habits, such as holiday events or sports.

At the recent 'Accelerate' conference, Amazon introduced an artificial intelligence tool called 'Video Generator', which has sparked widespread attention in the industry. This tool can transform static product images into dynamic video content, opening up new possibilities for advertising marketing. Jay Richman, Vice President of Amazon Advertising, stated that the Video Generator is currently being tested among select advertisers in the U.S., particularly in 'Sponsored Brands' advertising campaigns. He emphasized that this is a significant innovation that harnesses generative AI to ignite creativity and bring value to advertisers and consumers.

Amazon's cloud computing division - Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced that they will invest $10 billion over the next five years to build, operate, and maintain data centers in the UK. Image source note: The image is AI generated and authorized by the provider Midjourney. This decision marks Amazon's further expansion in the UK, where the company established its first AWS region back in 2016, which includes centralized data centers. Additionally, AWS has three availability zones and two Waves in the UK.

In today's world, deepfakes and synthetic media have become increasingly common due to the advancements in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI). To tackle this challenge, many organizations are working to improve digital watermarking technologies for tracking the origins of content. While no organization has completely succeeded yet, the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) is expanding its membership. C2PA has announced that Amazon has become a new member of the organization's advisory board. C2PA is an open technical standard organization under the Linux Foundation.

Recently, Amazon began testing advertisements in its newly launched shopping chatbot, Rufus. This information was revealed through an update log released by Amazon. The company stated that in the future, users of Rufus will see some sponsored ads related to their searches during conversations. These ads will not only appear in the chat interface, but may also be accompanied by text generated by Rufus to help users better understand the ad content.

Amazon's Audible has announced an innovative plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to train the voices of professional narrators in order to produce high-quality audiobooks. Starting this week, selected audiobook narrators from the U.S. will participate in the AI training process, ensuring that the AI-generated voices can compete with those of professionals. Narrators will have the opportunity to review the AI-generated voices to ensure they align with the style and tone of the work, and to fine-tune the AI's pronunciation and pacing. Audible has committed to compensating participating narrators based on book titles and royalty sharing.

Amazon has launched the AI Cloning Narrator project aimed at accelerating audiobook production. The project invites narrators to submit recordings to train AI for 'voice cloning'. Narrators can choose to participate in the project voluntarily, including live performances or AI-generated recordings. Audiobooks using AI cloning will be labeled on the product detail page, and narrators will be compensated through a royalty-sharing model, requiring narrator consent for AI cloning use. After beta testing in the U.S., this feature will expand to rights holders, aiming to provide narrators with more creative opportunities and enhance the audiobook market.