Amazon wants Alexa owners to buy more things. That’s the clear impetus behind the new Alexa feature announced today at Amazon’s Accelerate conference, called Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands ...

Alexa Answers is somehow turning out even worse than expected. The program, launched in September, gives any idiot off the streets of the U.S. the chance to answer real questions posed to Amazon's ...

The next time you ask Alexa for, say, tips on grooming your dog, the answer might come from a business hoping to entice you with its wares. At its annual Accelerate sellers conference this week, ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Last November, VentureBeat published an investigation into Alexa Answers, ...

Alexa, what happens when a trillion-dollar company outsources its menial work to pseudonymous volunteers? Way back in 2019, Amazon announced that, going forward, any old idiot off the street could ...