Amazon ends Alexa Developer Rewards, shifts towards generative AI in voice tech. Tech giants, including Amazon, opt for leaner operations, focusing on AI and efficiency. Market-moving news hits ...

Today during an event focused on Alexa developer and partner news, Amazon announced new features and integrations, including a collection of APIs and software development kits (SDKs) aimed at making ...

In another sign that Amazon is changing course with Alexa, the company has warned developers that it will soon stop paying them to build Alexa skills. As spotted by Bloomberg, Amazon posted a notice ...

Amazon has decided to cut off paid perks for Alexa developers. The company confirmed to Engadget on Wednesday that it will end the Alexa Developer Rewards Program at the end of June. A second program ...

Amazon has decided to stop paying developers to build Alexa apps and giving them free AWS credits, shutting down the Alexa Developer Rewards Program and the AWS Promotional Credits for Alexa program ...

Amazon has cut paid perks for Alexa developers. With a bigger focus on generative AI, the voice assistant’s third-party apps (skills) aren’t a priority. An Amazon spokesperson told Engadget that the ...

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) is upgrading its decade-old Alexa voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence (AI). The Seattle-based company plans to charge a monthly subscription fee to ...

Amazon’s new developer kit will let third-party developers create new ‘ambient’ automations in connection with Alexa. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) When you leave home and arm your security system, ...

Amazon.com Inc. has introduced a set of software tools that will help developers more easily extend the capabilities of its Alexa voice assistant to new use cases. The tools made their debut today at ...

Amazon Web Services and Merck announced a developer competition on Monday to that plans to harness artificial intelligence for diabetics. Dubbed the Alexa Diabetes Challenge, and powered by Luminary ...

Amazon Web Services Inc.’s chief Alexa developer Rohit Prasad today spoke about the increasingly prominent role his company’s digital assistant plays in people’s lives, citing this as evidence of the ...