Amazon Alexa Using using an “amazing” quantity of artificial intelligence tools

Daniel Rosh, Amazon Vice President Alexa and echoIt is in the midst of a large transition. More than Alexa’s launch from Amazon, was assigned to create a new version of Marquee’s Voice Assistant, supported by Language models. As he said in my interview with him, this new assistant, called Alexa+, is “a complete reconstruction of architecture.”

How did his team deal with the largest renewal of Amazon ever from its vocal aid? They used Amnesty International To build artificial intelligence, of course.

“The rate with which we use artificial intelligence tools through the construction process is very amazing,” says Rausch. While creating the new Alexa, Amazon Artificial intelligence is used during each step of construction. And yes, this includes generating parts of the code.

Alexa team also brought artificial intelligence in the test. Engineers used a “large language model as a judge on answers” during reinforcement learning, as artificial intelligence chose what he considers the best answers between two Alexa+outputs.

“People get a leverage and can move faster and better through artificial intelligence tools,” says Rausch. Amazon’s concentration on the use of the internal AI is part of a larger wave of disorder for software engineers at work, as new tools, such as the Anysphere index, changes how to do the task – as well as the expected work burden.

If these types are proven from the workflow that focuses on artificial intelligence that they are insufficient, what does it mean to be The engineer will change mainly. “We will need fewer people who do some jobs that are performed today, and more people who perform other types of jobs,” said Amazon CEO Andy Jaci. note This week for employees. “It is difficult to know exactly where these nets come out over time, but in the next few years, we expect this to reduce the total workforce in companies where we get efficiency gains from using artificial intelligence through the company.”

Currently, Rausch focuses mainly on the offering of Alexa from Alexa to more Amazon users. “We really didn’t want to leave customers behind them in any way,” he says. “This means hundreds of millions of different devices that you have to support.”

Alexa+ talks in a more conversation way with users. It is a more specialized experience that remembers your preferences and is able to complete the tasks on the Internet you offer to them, such as searching for concert tickets or buying groceries.

Amazon announced Alexa+ at the company’s event in February, and it has made early access to a few public users in March, although this was without a full list of announced features. Now, the company claims that more than a million people have access to the updated voice assistant, which is still a small percentage of potential users; In the end, hundreds of millions of Alexa users will be able to access the artificial intelligence tool. It is possible that there is a wider version of Alexa+ Later this summer.

Amazon faces competition from multiple directions because it works on a more dynamic sound assistant. Advanced voice mode from OpenaiIt was launched in 2024, was popular with users who found the sound of artificial intelligence. Also, Apple has announced a comprehensive repair of its original audio aid, SirAt the developer conference last year – with many context features and allocation similar to what Amazon works with Alexa+. Apple has not yet launched Siri, which was rebuilt, even in early arrival, and it is expected to be the new voice assistant at some point next year.

Amazon refused to give early wired access to Alexa+ for practical testing (audio?), And the new assistant has not yet been launched to my Amazon’s personal account. Like the way we dealt with the advanced audio mode of Openai that was launched last year, WIRED plans to test Alexa+ and provide a experimental context for readers as it becomes available on a wider scale.