Last month, Amazon announced that it'd launch a new AI-powered chatbot, Rufus, inside the Amazon Shopping app for Android and iOS. After a few days' delay, the company began to roll out Rufus to early testers February 1 -- including some of us at ...

In late 2024, Amazon introduced Rufus, a generative AI chatbot that helps people shop. It was a curious move for Amazon since the company already has Alexa, which has become a household name at this point. However, there is a difference between the two, and Rufus doesn't act like Alexa in any way.

Amazon.com launched a generative AI chatbot to its app just in time for its annual Prime Day sales event. The chatbot, called Rufus, is in the bottom right corner of the app, marked with an orange, teal and star icon. On a product page, a shopper can tap ...

Investors are closely watching growth in Amazon's cloud computing unit, which faces increasing pressure from rivals and artificial intelligence deals. The core retail business will also be top of mind for investors as Amazon gears up for the start of the holiday shopping period.

Amazon is working on a new AI chatbot named Metic which would be rivalling OpenAI’s widely popular ChatGPT, Business Insider reported. Named after the Greek goddess of wisdom, Metis is powered by Amazon’s advanced internal AI model called “Olympus ...

Amazon.com Inc. is reported working on a new artificial intelligence chatbot that will compete directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter, claims that the internal project building the AI is called “Metis ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs SB 243, the first US law setting child-safety rules for AI chatbots, from crisis redirects to transparency requirements. Hollywood pushes back against OpenAI’s Sora 2 as studios and talent agencies demand control, credit, and ...

Fresh off the news that Amazon is working on an advanced AI-powered version of Alexa called "Remarkable Alexa" (which could double your subscription cost, by the way), Business Insider reports that the company is working on an AI chatbot to compete ...

AI is the future of computing, and it looks like Apple is falling behind. This is evident in its slowing financial growth compared to the big tech competition. Here are two AI stocks betting on the future of cloud computing that will be worth more than Apple by year-end 2026.

AWS’ global partner leader, Ruba Borno, talks with CRN about the general availability of Amazon Q Tuesday and why the AI-powered assistant is better than rivals Google and Microsoft’s generative AI technology. AWS’ Ruba Borno is bullish that Amazon Q ...