Amazon Alexa+: Model Agnostic AI Powers Next-Gen Agentic Capabilities

Amazon's Alexa+ uses "model agnostic" AI for advanced tasks and integrations, powered by Bedrock, Nova, and Anthropic models.
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Amazon Alexa+: Model Agnostic AI Powers Next-Gen Agentic Capabilities
Amazon says that Alexa+, the new and improved Alexa unveiled on Wednesday, is powered by a “model agnostic” system that always uses the “best” AI model for a given task.                                                  Image Credits:Kyle Wiggers               On stage at a New York City press event, Amazon VP Daniel Rausch explained that Alexa+ draws on Bedrock — the company’s cloud platform designed to let organizations experiment with generative AI models — to power its various capabilities. Among the models Alexa+ uses are Nova, Amazon’s in-house generative AI model family; as well as models from close partner and collaborator, Anthropic. This “model agnostic” approach enables what might be considered “agentic” capabilities. Alexa+ leverages a new system called “experts” for particular tasks, Amazon says. Experts orchestrate and execute Amazon services as well as those from third parties, like AI startup Suno’s music-generating tools. Rausch said on day one, Alexa+ will work with “tens …