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Amazon’s new Alexa+ brings AI-powered ‘Explore’ and ‘Stories’ features for kids

​[[{“value”:” As part of the reveal of Amazon’s new AI-powered Alexa+ assistant, the tech giant announced that it’s launching two new features designed for kids called “Explore with Alexa” and “Stories with Alexa.” The features, which leverage Alexa’s new AI capabilities, will be available to Amazon Kids+ subscribers. The company demonstrated the new features at a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Amazon says that Alexa+ is ‘model agnostic’

​[[{“value”:” Amazon says that the new and improved Alexa unveiled on Wednesday, Alexa+, is powered by a “model agnostic” system that’s always using the “best” AI model for any given task. Onstage at a press event in NYC, Amazon VP Daniel Rausch said that Alexa+ draws on Bedrock, Amazon’s cloud platform designed to let organizations experiment […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Oliver Cameron talks about going up against incumbents at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

​[[{“value”:” TechCrunch Sessions: AI, taking place on June 5 at Zellerbach Hall in UC Berkeley, will feature a panel discussing how startups can compete against established rivals in the AI industry. The panel, “How to Launch a Product Against Entrenched Incumbents,” will look at ways small companies are managing to stay relevant in a fast-paced and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Capim, a Brazilian BNPL startup for dental services, lands a $26.7M Series A

​[[{“value”:” Capim, a startup offering Brazilians the option to buy now, pay later (BNPL) for dental services, has raised $26.7 million in Series A funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Founded in July 2021 by Marcelo Lutz and Roberto Biselli, who serve as co-CEOs, Sao Paulo-based Capim describes itself as a vertical SaaS company specializing in the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Continue wants to help developers create and share custom AI coding assistants

​[[{“value”:” A new startup wants to help developers create customized, contextual coding assistants that can connect with any model and integrate seamlessly with their development environments. Founded in June 2023 by CEO Ty Dunn and CTO Nate Sesti (pictured above), Y Combinator alum Continue has already garnered some 23,000 stars on GitHub and 11,000 Discord community […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Amazon unveils a new and improved Alexa, Alexa+

Amazon unveils a new and improved Alexa, Alexa+

​[[{“value”:” At an event in NYC on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience powered by generative AI. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it a “complete architecture” of the AI assistant. “[W]hile the vision of Alexa has been ambitious and remains incredibly compelling, until right this moment, right this moment, we have […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

YouTube surpasses 1B monthly podcast viewers

​[[{“value”:” YouTube continues to assert its dominance in the podcasting space, presenting significant competition to both Spotify and Apple Podcasts. In an announcement on Wednesday, the platform revealed it has surpassed 1 billion monthly active podcast viewers.  This milestone highlights YouTube’s popularity in the podcast industry and emphasizes consumer preference for video-first formats. Last year, YouTube […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Microsoft finalizes its EU sovereign cloud project

​[[{“value”:” Microsoft says that it has completed a multi-year project to allow Europe-based customers using its cloud services to store and process data in the EU. The project, the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, began in January 2023, went on for two more years, and finally wrapped up this February, Microsoft said. With its […] © 2024 TechCrunch….