BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Amazon wants you to have long, real conversations with Alexa, its popular personal digital assistant. The e-tail giant recently released new tools to app developers that allow ...

“Nova Act can navigate any website, whether it’s a modern design or an older design, whether the buttons are on the right ...

Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to ...

Alexa has many talents. Amazon’s voice assistant can play music, set timers, order a pizza, and send recordings of private conversations to random people in its users’ contact list. An Amazon Echo ...

They’re always listening. They’re on the internet. But what happens when digital assistants like Alexa go rogue? Could they share our private conversations without our consent? Skeptics were quick to ...

We all know Amazon’s Alexa can turn on your kitchen lights or order new dishwashing detergent. Now, a University of Washington team has taught the device a new trick: To have an engaging little ...

It’s a command that’s probably said millions of times a day as consumers ask questions of Amazon’s artificial intelligence voice. Amazon recently said it has sold more than 500 million Alexa-enabled ...

Amazon will now send recordings of your Alexa conversations to its servers. A few weeks ago, Amazon announced Alexa+, the ...

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. If you have hangups about Amazon and ...