Alexa Everywhere: AI for Daily Convenience

The computing industry has been on an inexorable march toward simplifying human-computer interaction, and earlier this decade Amazon bet big on combining voice technology and artificial intelligence. In 2014, with the introduction of Echo and Alexa, Amazon created an entirely new technology category with an AI-first strategy and vision. Since then, Alexa has captured the imagination of customers across the globe, and the company has accelerated the pace of AI research and innovation in support of its promise to improve Alexa every day. In this presentation Rohit Prasad, Vice President and Head Scientist of Amazon Alexa, shares his insights into how recent scientific innovations are advancing Alexa.