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Amazon Web Services Faces Major Outage: ChatGPT, Alexa, Snapchat, And Online Game Among Affected Services

Users on social media platform Reddit reported that the Alexa smart assistant is down and unable to respond to queries or complete requests.

Oct 20, 2025, 16:32 PM IST

Is Your Amazon Alexa Secretly Listening To Your Conversations? Here’s How To Protect Your Privacy In 7 Easy Steps

Amazon Alexa Privacy Settings: Amazon Alexa is a voice-controlled virtual assistant developed by Amazon. It’s designed to help you with a wide range of tasks using just your voice.  

Jun 22, 2025, 09:58 AM IST

Big News For Alexa Fans! Amazon Set To Reveal AI-Powered Update On THIS Date– All You Need To Know

The upgraded version of Alexa is set to go beyond its traditional role as a voice assistant. It aims to become a more advanced, multifunctional agent. 

Feb 06, 2025, 14:43 PM IST

Anand Mahindra Offers Job Opportunity To Girl Who Used Alexa To Scare Off Monkey

The girl instructed Alexa to mimic a dog's bark in an attempt to frighten off the monkey that had entered her sister's house. 

Apr 06, 2024, 18:09 PM IST

Report Suggests Potential Paid Subscription For Upgraded Amazon Alexa – Details Inside

Business Insider reports that Amazon is working on an upgrade for its AI voice assistant potentially named Remarkable Alexa. 

Jan 19, 2024, 19:35 PM IST

Alexa Gets Three New AI-Powered Skills, You Will Be Surprised To Know

Amazon has introduced three innovative generative AI skills for Alexa, including Character.AI for real-time conversations with various personas, Splash for creating custom songs of specified genres, and Volley Games, an AI-driven twist on the 20 questions game.  

 

Jan 10, 2024, 16:00 PM IST

Controversy Arises As Amazon Alexa's Response To Lionesses Question Is Criticized As 'Sexist'

Academic Joanne Rodda, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at Kent and Medway Medical School, said it showed "sexism in football was embedded in Alexa”.

Aug 20, 2023, 07:46 AM IST

Alexa Can No Longer Talk Like Amitabh Bachchan, Amazon Discontinuing Celebrity Voices Soon

The feature is going away globally, plus Amazon will discontinue support for celebrity voices on Alexa-powered devices in the coming days.

May 31, 2023, 15:33 PM IST

Alexa Can No Longer Talk Like Amitabh Bachchan, Amazon Discontinuing Celebrity Voices Soon

The feature is going away globally, plus Amazon will discontinue support for celebrity voices on Alexa-powered devices in the coming days.

May 31, 2023, 15:33 PM IST

Amazon Alexa To Be More Interactive With ChatGPT Like Features

To power a newer, more advanced Alexa, Amazon is depending on a large language model (LLM) that was built internally in contrast, Microsoft's Bing employs the model from OpenAI.

May 07, 2023, 09:49 AM IST

Amazon to lay off employees? E-commerce giant reviewing unprofitable business units to cut costs

Amazon is also evaluating its Alexa business and is currently considering whether it should focus on trying to add new capabilities to the voice assistant. 

Nov 11, 2022, 13:08 PM IST

Amazon Alexa to soon read stories in even dead people’s voice, netizens find it creepy

A new Amazon Alexa function will enable the virtual assistant to imitate the voice of a member of your family. 

Jun 23, 2022, 18:20 PM IST

Deshhit: Watch the big news of the day in detail

This segment of Zee News brings detailed news stories of the day.

Dec 31, 2021, 23:40 PM IST

DNA: Children trapped in Alexa's magic are in danger

Alexa gave such a dangerous challenge to a 10-year-old girl in America, which could have killed the girl due to electric shock. This news is for those people who depend excessively on Artificial Intelligence.

Dec 30, 2021, 23:16 PM IST

Deshhit: Watch nation's top news in detail, Dec 30, 2021

This segment of Zee News brings detailed news stories of the day.

Dec 30, 2021, 21:28 PM IST

SHOCKING! Alexa told 10 years old child to do life-threatening penny challenge involving live electrical plug and coin

The device seemingly pulled the idea for the challenge from an article describing it as dangerous, citing news reports about an alleged challenge trending on TikTok.

Dec 29, 2021, 13:47 PM IST

Can Alexa and Siri make your kids bossier? You may like the results though

The study showed that children have a "very deep sense that robots are not people, and they did not want that line blurred."

Sep 14, 2021, 19:37 PM IST

Amazon could launch Alexa-powered TV in October: Report

Amazon already sells a slew of consumer electronic devices such as smart displays, smart speakers and Fire TV sticks, among others. 

Sep 03, 2021, 16:58 PM IST

Alexa new feature: Amazon’s voice-assistant to speak louder in noisy backgrounds

Amazon said that the feature is currently available to US customers and that can be activated by saying "Alexa, turn on adaptive volume." 

Sep 01, 2021, 20:01 PM IST

Amitabh Bachchan’s voice can reply to your ‘Hi, Alexa’, check how to change voice

This is India's first celebrity voice feature on Alexa, Amazon's digital assistant Alexa that is available on Echo devices, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, Fire TV Edition apart from the Alexa app.

Aug 19, 2021, 23:38 PM IST