Articles about rohit prasad

Amazon unveils new AI features in quest to make Alexa ‘superhuman’

It was tough, as usual, to keep up with the announcements coming out of Amazon’s fall Devices & Services event… Read More

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Amazon’s Alexa chief on the rise of ChatGPT, and why the comparison isn’t fair to either

Why can’t Alexa users have sophisticated, nuanced voice interactions with Amazon’s assistant, similar to text-based conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT? That… Read More

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Amazon’s Alexa and the rapid evolution of AI: A conversation with Alexa chief Rohit Prasad

Rohit Prasad grew up in the Star Trek era, fascinated by the idea of interacting with computers via voice. So… Read More

Amazon unveils Echo Pop, new Echo Buds; reports >500M Alexa device sales as AI upends market

Amazon unveiled a new Echo smart speaker, a $39.99 semi-sphere called Echo Pop, meant for bedrooms and other small spaces… Read More

Amazon previews Alexa capability that synthesizes a person’s voice from less than a minute of audio

LAS VEGAS — A short video of a child asking Alexa to have his grandma read the Wizard of Oz… Read More

Q&A with Amazon Alexa chief Rohit Prasad on the future of ambient computing

When Amazon’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker debuted in 2014, it was something of a novelty: A voice-activated natural language processing… Read More