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Amazon says that the new and improved Alexa unveiled on Wednesday, Alexa+, is powered by a “model agnostic” system that’s always using the “best” AI model for any given task.
Onstage at a press event in NYC, Amazon VP Daniel Rausch said that Alexa+ draws on Bedrock, Amazon’s cloud platform designed to let organizations experiment with generative AI models, to power its various features.
Among the models Alexa+ is using are Amazon Nova, Amazon’s family of in-house generative AI models, as well as models from Amazon’s close partner and collaborator Anthropic.
This “model agnostic” approach enables what might be considered “agentic” capabilities. Alexa+ leverages a new system called “experts” for particular tasks. Experts orchestrate Amazon services and devices as well as services and devices from third parties.
Rausch said on day one, Alexa+ will work with “tens of thousands” of devices and services.
Kyle Wiggers is a senior reporter at TechCrunch with a special interest in artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in VentureBeat and Digital Trends, as well as a range of gadget blogs including Android Police, Android Authority, Droid-Life, and XDA-Developers. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, a piano educator, and dabbles in piano himself. occasionally — if mostly unsuccessfully.
