Amazon just announced three AI-made animated series and they’re heading to Prime Video

Amazon MGM Studios and AWS have unveiled its first three AI-generated animated series, all of which are headed to Prime Video at a future date.

In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips

Snowflake has signed a new, enormous five-year deal with Amazon to secure chips for AI usage. Nvidia is once again being put on notice.

Amazon is now selling its AI shopping technology to other retailers, and Kate Spade is the first customer
Amazon is now selling its AI shopping technology to other retailers, and Kate Spade is the first customer

Amazon Web Services has launched a product that lets retailers build their own AI-powered shopping assistants using the same technology that powers Amazon’s Alexa for Shopping. The AWS Agentic Shopping Assistant packages architecture guidance, starter …

Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir
Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir

After years of it seeming like the Spider-Man film rights might be better off in Marvel’s hands alone, Into the Spider-Verse came along and proved that Sony was still capable of telling phenomenal stories featuring everyone’s favorite webhead. Into the Spider-Verse’s sumptuous visuals and focus on a different web-slinging New Yorker made it unlike any […]

Stord raises $250 million to give independent brands the shipping speed they need to compete with Amazon
Stord raises $250 million to give independent brands the shipping speed they need to compete with Amazon

Stord, a logistics technology company that helps retailers manage inventory, checkout, and fulfillment, has raised $250 million in a Series F round that values the company at $3 billion. The round was led by Strike Capital with participation from Found…

I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out

Like other AI wearables, Amazon’s Bee offers an odd combination of convenience and privacy anxiety.

Alexa+ can now AI podcasts on any topic, if you don’t like human podcasts

Alexa+ can now create custom podcast-style episodes in minutes, using AI host voices and information from news publishers and other sources.

Amazon’s new Alexa feature generates entire podcast episodes using AI and licensed journalism from 200+ newsrooms
Amazon’s new Alexa feature generates entire podcast episodes using AI and licensed journalism from 200+ newsrooms

  Amazon has launched a feature that uses artificial intelligence to generate entire podcast episodes on demand. Called Alexa Podcasts, the tool allows users to ask Alexa+ to create a podcast on any topic, and the system will research the subject, prod…

Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts
Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts

Alexa Plus, Amazon’s upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on “virtually any topic,” according to an announcement on Monday. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk about, allowing you to steer the conversation […]

Amazon’s new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes

Amazon’s Alexa+ can now generate custom AI podcasts on demand, as the company expands its assistant into a personalized AI content platform.