In a company first-quarter earning meeting, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the company is working on a large language model that is “much larger and much more generalized and capable” to power Alexa.
With this large language model, Jassy believes it will propel Alexa to become the world’s best personal assistant. The announcement comes after the company laid off thousands of employees and discontinued its line of Halo products.
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In the meeting’s transcript, Jassy acknowledges that Alexa was powered by a large language model but aims to equip the virtual assistant with one that can execute more complex tasks. Large language models are all the rage recently, as ChatGPT revolutionized how the industry harnesses the technology.
Jassy says that he believes this endeavor will be successful since many customers have multiple Alexa-capable devices in their homes. Jassy says that every single business…