Rohit Prasad, who leads the artificial general intelligence (AGI) team at Amazon, told the Financial Times the voice assistant still needed to surmount several technical hurdles before the rollout. This includes solving the problem of “hallucinations ...

Amazon is working to relaunch its Alexa voice-powered digital assistant as an AI “agent” that can complete practical tasks, Madhumita Murgia

Axio announced in a blog post that it had signed an agreement with Amazon for a proposed acquisition in December, following the successful completion of due diligence. This development comes after Amazon SMBhav Venture Fund led a $20 million equity funding round in Axio in August last year.