Amazon’s Alexa can now generate full AI podcast episodes on demand

It seems Amazon doesn’t want Alexa to remain just a voice assistant anymore. Last week, the company announced “Alexa for Shopping.” As the name suggests, Alexa will help with online shopping, not just on Amazon, but also across third-party online stores. Now, the company is pushing Alexa deeper into AI-powered content with Alexa Podcasts. In the announcement post, Amazon noted that Alexa Podcasts can create full podcast-style audio episodes on almost any topic within minutes. If you have used NotebookLM, you probably know what Amazon wants to achieve with this feature. Amazon says that rather than manually searching for videos, […]