Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts

Alexa Plus, Amazon’s AI assistant, can now create podcasts on “any topic,” according to announced Monday. With these updates, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a title, and the AI ​​assistant will provide an overview of what its AI hosts are planning to discuss, allowing you to direct the conversation and change its length before it starts creating a session.

Some examples of the “Alexa Podcast” distributed by Amazon have two AI-generated hosts talking about the history of the Roman Empire, new music, and World Cup prospects. Amazon says you can also ask Alexa Plus to create an audio tutorial about the Apollo missions, or create a podcast episode about something you like, like photography. This function is similar to AI-powered podcasts you can create using NotebookLM, Microsoft Edge functionality is also included latest updates.

Amazon says its AI-powered podcasts will get data from 200 media outlets the company has partnered with, including. Reutersand Associated Pressand Washington Post, Voxand Politics. Amazon released Alexa Plus to all US users in February and has since installed an agent for its online markets.

You will receive a notification on your Echo Show device and the Alexa app when the program completes. You can record notifications to play the episode, and access it through Music & Info on the Echo Show, or with the Alexa app.