Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets
The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon's Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant.
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Amazon's Alexa+ Now Generates AI "Podcasts" in the US
Alexa+ creates AI-generated podcasts featuring two AI co-hosts discussing various topics using media outlet content.
Amazon just dropped a wild new feature for Alexa+: AI-generated "podcasts." The voice assistant now produces audio segments in the US featuring conversations between two AI co-hosts on various topics.
The AI podcasts pull content from media outlets to fuel the discussions. Think two synthetic voices riffing on topics sourced from real publishers — all generated on the fly by Amazon's AI.
The move positions Amazon as a potentially major player in the podcast space, albeit with a fundamentally different approach. Instead of human hosts recording episodes, Alexa+ fabricates the entire thing algorithmically.
It's a bold bet on synthetic media. Whether listeners will embrace AI-generated audio content over human-hosted shows remains to be seen, but Amazon is clearly pushing Alexa+ deeper into content generation territory.