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Why AI Voice Is Hitting a Latency Wall

Latency used to take a back seat to voice quality. Now it's pushing engineers to rethink how these systems get built and rolled out.

International Business Times · Jan 15

"We are living in times of great change” - I speak to AWS’ top AI minds to hear how it wants to open up agents (and building) to everyone

"We are living in times of great change” - I speak to AWS’ top AI minds to hear how it wants to open up agents (and building) to everyone

AI agents are set to play a big role in your workplace in 2026 if AWS has anything to do with it - I spoke to its AI experts to hear more.

TechRadar · Dec 23, 2025

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces departure of AI exec Rohit Prasad in leadership shake-up

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces departure of AI exec Rohit Prasad in leadership shake-up

Prasad’s exit comes after Amazon struggled to show its internal AI efforts could match those of rivals—and just as reports surface that Amazon is discussing a big investment into OpenAI.

Fortune · Dec 17, 2025

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Millions of Gen Z are jobless yet ghosting employers. Phone anxiety is to blame—and experts say voice notes are the cure

Telephobia could cost Gen Z their dream job. Just ask the bosses at Amazon, GHD and Disney. Experts say voice notes are the training wheels the next generation of workers need.

Fortune · Jul 6, 2025

Amazon AI exec’s top career advice is always pick up your phone—it’s a disaster for Gen Z who have telephobia

Ignoring unknown callers could be costing millions of unemployed Gen Z their big break. Take it from Amazon’s AI exec Rohit Prasad.

Fortune · Jul 4, 2025

Amazon’s AI boss reveals the make-or-break trait that decides whether you get hired—and it can't be faked, rehearsed, or tested for

“If you're not genuine, you won't do well in an Amazon interview,” the tech giant’s AI chief warns—and both Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy have said the same.

Fortune · Jun 18, 2025

Amazon Alexa is getting a refresh on February 26

A new AI-packed take on Alexa may be revealed later this month.

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2025

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Amazon AGI lead says "several technical hurdles" delay revamped Alexa release: "Hallucinations have to be close to zero"

Amazon AGI lead says "several technical hurdles" delay revamped Alexa release: "Hallucinations have to be close to zero"

Amazon is reportedly encountering "several technical hurdles," including hallucinations, seemingly preventing it from shipping the revamped Alexa to broad availability.

Windows Central · Jan 15, 2025

Amazon's upcoming Alexa AI brain transplant might make you use it for more than just weather and timers

Amazon's upcoming Alexa AI brain transplant might make you use it for more than just weather and timers

Amazon plans an AI revamp for Alexa.

TechRadar · Jan 14, 2025

No PhD necessary to build with AI, Amazon’s AGI boss says

No PhD necessary to build with AI, Amazon’s AGI boss says

“The bar to build with AI has suddenly reduced,” Rohit Prasad said at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference this week in San Francisco.

Fortune · Dec 12, 2024

Fortune Brainstorm AI showed companies are growing skeptical about hyped-up promises

Fortune Brainstorm AI showed companies are growing skeptical about hyped-up promises

Companies using AI are moving beyond FOMO to ROI—and other lessons from Fortune Brainstorm AI.

Fortune · Dec 10, 2024

Amazon’s top AI exec says industry concerns that LLMs have ‘hit a wall’ are overblown. Says Jeff Bezos ‘very involved’ in AI efforts

Amazon’s top AI exec says industry concerns that LLMs have ‘hit a wall’ are overblown. Says Jeff Bezos ‘very involved’ in AI efforts

Speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference in San Francisco, Amazon SVP and head of Artificial General Intelligence Rohit Prasad dismissed concerns about the industry’s feared “AI wall.”

Fortune · Dec 9, 2024

Amazon is making its own AI power play with new Nova models

Amazon is making its own AI power play with new Nova models

Amazon is betting that offering AI models of similar capability to others but at a lower price will be the key to winning marketshare

Fortune · Dec 4, 2024

Expert suggests humans will be uploading deceased loved ones to computers by 2024

Expert suggests humans will be uploading deceased loved ones to computers by 2024

"There is a 100% chance that they will live with you forever"

Irish Mirror · Apr 12, 2023

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Daily Mirror · Apr 1, 2023

Humans will be able to 'live on' after death by creating 'twin' by 2050, predicts expert

Dr Ajaz Ali predicts that our loved ones who pass away will continue to exist in a digital form thanks to Artificial Intelligence ‘capturing’ their looks and personality

Inverse · Jul 29, 2022

Amazon's new invention could let you "speak" to the dead — but should it?

Amazon, Microsoft, and other tech giants are circling closer to digital immortality.

The New Daily · Jun 26, 2022

Speak to the dead: Amazon Alexa to use the voice of your lost loved ones

An upcoming update to Alexa will allow users to teach the device to speak using the voice of anyone they want, Amazon has announced.

ABC News · Jun 26, 2022

AI can bring you the voice of dead loved ones. But is this a good thing?

The concept of using AI to seemingly revive the dead is not new. But would you want to use this technology? And would it help your grieving process?

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Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2022

Alexa to speak in the voice of dead relatives 'to make memories last', Amazon says

Amazon has already developed voice synthesising tech to let Alexa mimic the voices of celebrities, but these have required an individual to record dozens of hours of audio

Chronicle Live · Jun 24, 2022

Amazon Alexa could mimic voices of dead family members 'to make memories last'

The new technology would need about a minute of recorded audio to be fed into the system, which would then be used to construct a whole voice

Daily Record · Jun 24, 2022

Amazon Alexa could use voices of dead loved ones 'to make memories last'

The technology will see Alexa mimicking the voice of anyone it hears.

WEKU · Jun 23, 2022

Amazon's Alexa could soon speak in a dead relative's voice, making some feel uneasy

Amazon's voice-cloning technology still under development raises concerns among those who study ethics in artificial intelligence.

Mic · Jun 23, 2022

Amazon’s Alexa will soon speak to you in your dead grandma’s voice, if that’s a thing you want

The company unveiled the new experimental feature this week, despite no evidence people asked for this.

Wales Online · Jun 23, 2022

Amazon Alexa could use voices of the dead 'to make memories last'

The company said its voice assistant will be able to channel dead people and speak as they would in a forthcoming update

Input · Jun 23, 2022

Amazon's plan to have Alexa deepfake dead relatives is worse than it sounds

It's hard to fully capture something so brazenly boundary-crossing, but we're going to try our best.

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