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Amazon state thatAlexa+ , the new and ameliorate Alexa unveiled on Wednesday , is power by a “ model agnostic ” system that always use the “ best ” AI model for a given task .
On stage at a New York City press event , Amazon VP Daniel Rausch explained that Alexa+ draws onBedrock — the company ’s cloud chopine designed to let organizations try out with generative AI models — to power its various capabilities .
Among the good example Alexa+ uses areNova , Amazon ’s in - house reproductive AI model family , as well asmodels from close partner and collaborator , Anthropic .
Claude will help oneself power Amazon ’s next - coevals AI assistant , Alexa+ .
Amazon and Anthropic have worked closely together over the retiring year , with@mikeykleading a team that facilitate Amazon get the full benefit of Claude ’s capabilities.pic.twitter.com/yI0abtnZke
— Anthropic ( @AnthropicAI)February 26 , 2025
“ [ W]e build a sophisticated [ model ] routing system [ to match ] each customer request with the best model for the chore at script , balance all the requirements of a frosty , colloquial experience , ” Amazonexplained in a blog mail .
This “ model agnostical ” approach enables what might be consider “ agentic ” capability . Alexa+ leverages a unexampled arrangement call “ experts ” for particular tasks , Amazon say . Experts orchestrate and fulfil Amazon services as well as those from third company , like AI startup Suno ’s music - generating tools .
Rausch said on day one , Alexa+ will function with “ ten-spot of thousands ” of equipment and services .
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Some of these admit intelligence service of process . Amazon say that it ’s partner with publication include Time , Reuters , and the Associated Press to supply info for answers concern to current event , financial grocery store cause , and more .
That only rub the surface of what Alexa+ can do . According to Rausch , Alexa+ can navigate web site to make out chore on a user ’s behalf . For instance , it can find a professional to repair a broken oven by look the web , and even connect with the fixing shop direct .
“ Alexa takes a couple of minute to navigate a website [ and it ] issue forth back and tells me it ’s done , ” Rausch said on stage . “ I ’m going to get a notification on my phone that lets me know [ when Alexa is finished . ] ”
Experts also allow Alexa+ to coordinate multiple services at once , Rausch said . For example , making a dinner reservation via OpenTable , then book an Uber to the restaurant and texting the design to a contact . developer will be able to tap into this functionality via Alexa AI Multi - Agent SDK , which is launching soon in prevue .
