Source: The Verge
Summary
Amazon’s Alexa can now generate custom AI podcasts on demand. The feature is part of the company’s effort to expand its assistant into a personalized AI content platform. The AI podcasts will be created based on user preferences and listening history. Amazon said the feature is available to all Alexa users. The company is also working on more AI-powered content features.
Our Reading
The launch follows a familiar script.
Alexa can now generate custom AI podcasts, because what you really needed was more AI in your life. Amazon’s assistant is expanding into a personalized AI content platform, because that’s exactly what the world was missing. The AI podcasts will be created based on user preferences and listening history, because your data is always being used for something. Amazon is also working on more AI-powered content features, because why stop now? The real innovation here is that you’ll have even more ways to listen to AI-generated content that you’ll probably forget about in a week.
Author: Evan Null
