A Business Insider story claims that Amazon is working on a consumer-focused AI chatbot that could be unveiled later this year and compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Code-named “Metis,” the chatbot service would be accessible through a web browser and run on a novel core concept.
Amazon’s intentions to turn Metis into an AI agent—a machine that can function independently by evaluating fresh data and making decisions based on its programming—may also benefit from this.
The report did not, however, go into extra depth.
Metis is said to provide conversational text and image-based responses. It can also produce visuals, offer links to original answers, and recommend follow-up questions.
According to reports, Amazon also wants Metis to employ retrieval-augmented generation, which allows it to retrieve data from sources other than its original data to provide responses that are up to current, such as market prices.
Over the past year, Amazon has worked to dispel the notion that it has lagged in the race for artificial intelligence (AI) technology by showcasing the generative AI momentum in Amazon Web Services and throughout the company.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is purportedly closely associated with “Metis,” has previously expounded on a three-pronged AI approach that encompasses empowering customers to generate novel AI foundation models, assisting them in utilising pre-existing foundation models, and developing AI applications.
Newsng gathered that a lot of conversation has also been around the idea of utilising AI to enhance Alexa’s current skills, or at the absolute least to transform the assistant into a kind of chatbot.
With just a single suggestion, customers will be able to ask Alexa to perform sophisticated tasks like creating emails or placing orders from Uber Eats with the new “Remarkable Alexa,” which might cost $5 to $10 per month.
More customisation would also be possible, and the agent might get to know your routines and adjust the way your smart home appliances are controlled.
But Amazon has been having trouble here, and it might be “floundering” in an effort to catch up to competing tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta.
There hasn’t been much news since the assistant’s generative AI capabilities were first shown earlier this year.
We earlier reported that Formula 1 and Amazon have partnered to launch Statbot, an AI model that processes race data in real time to offer commentary during broadcasts.
