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Google Reports 2 Million Developers Building With Its GenAI Solutions
artificial intelligence // September 24, 2024

Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini is being put to work by companies in a variety of ways, delivering answers, recommendations and new capabilities to both customers and employees. More than 2 million developers are building with Google’s generative AI solutions, the company said in...

Waiting for Alexa: When Will Amazon Strike Up the AI Conversation?
artificial intelligence // May 22, 2024

Someday — and it may be soon — conversations with Amazon’s automated voice assistant Alexa may cost money. Amazon has been clear about its intentions to charge a subscription for a tiered Alexa service since last September. But improvements to voice technology driven by artificial intelligence (AI) may force the issue....

Amazon Employees Debate Idea of Charging for Alexa
Amazon // January 22, 2024

Would you pay a subscription to use Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa? Inside the company, that’s apparently the subject of some debate. A recent Business Insider report — citing internal documents and sources familiar with the matter — says that Amazon is reconfiguring Alexa as it...

Volkswagen Integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT Into In-Car Voice Assistant
artificial intelligence // January 09, 2024

Volkswagen has integrated OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, into its IDA voice assistant. This integration will provide Volkswagen customers with seamless access to an ever-expanding AI database, allowing them to have researched content read out to them while driving, the automaker said in a Tuesday (Jan. 9) press...

Interviews & Exclusives
Waiting for Alexa: When Will Amazon Strike Up the AI Conversation?

May 22, 2024
Someday — and it may be soon — conversations with Amazon’s automated voice assistant Alexa may cost money. Amazon has been clear about its intentions to charge a subscription for a tiered Alexa service since last September. But improvements to voice technology driven by artificial intelligence (AI) may force the issue. As an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to PYMNTS Wednesday (May 22), that […]

Thirty Percent of US Millennials Use a Voice Assistant to Pay Bills

October 24, 2023
The Voice Economy is gaining momentum as consumers turn to voice technology for a variety of tasks.  The most common tasks performed with this technology include watching TV or playing...

Multilingual AI Assistants Boost Voice Tech Appeal Despite Uneven Adoption

October 17, 2023
Is your smart voice assistant speaking your language? With how technology is fast evolving, the likelihood of that answer being “yes” grows stronger with each passing day. As PYMNTS Intelligence...

Alexa Goes Everywhere and Amazon Adds Generative AI to Marketplace Search 

May 17, 2023
It was only a matter of time before Amazon ramped up the race to build a better voice-driven artificial intelligence (AI) experience versus a field of serious competitors, and the eCommerce...

Quick Reads
OpenAI Opens New AI Voice Capability to Third-Party Developers

October 01, 2024
OpenAI is expanding access to its real-time voice assistant technology, allowing businesses and developers to integrate the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool into their own applications, Bloomberg reported.  This move is set to broaden the reach of realistic spoken AI interactions across a wide range of tasks and industries. The new feature, which resembles the voice […]

Google Reports 2 Million Developers Building With Its GenAI Solutions

September 24, 2024
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini is being put to work by companies in a variety of ways, delivering answers, recommendations and new capabilities to both customers and employees. More...

Amazon Employees Debate Idea of Charging for Alexa

January 22, 2024
Would you pay a subscription to use Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa? Inside the company, that’s apparently the subject of some debate. A recent Business Insider report — citing internal documents...

Volkswagen Integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT Into In-Car Voice Assistant

January 09, 2024
Volkswagen has integrated OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, into its IDA voice assistant. This integration will provide Volkswagen customers with seamless access to an ever-expanding AI database, allowing them to have researched...