Amazon's Alexa Plus AI assistant now offers a feature that generates AI-created podcasts on virtually any topic, with two AI hosts discussing the subject. Users can tailor the conversation and length before generation, drawing information from Amazon's news partners.
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Alexa Plus, Amazon's upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on "virtually any topic," according to an <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/alexa-podcasts-ai-generated-audio-episodes">announcement on Monday</a>. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk about, allowing you to steer the conversation and adjust its length before it starts generating the episode.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Some "Alexa Podcast" examples shared by Amazon have two AI-generated hosts talking about the history of the Roman Empire, new music, and expectations for the World Cup. Amazon says you can also ask Alexa Plus to generate audio lessons about the Apollo missions, o …</p>
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# Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts
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Alexa Plus, Amazon’s upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on “virtually any topic,” according to an[announcement on Monday](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/alexa-podcasts-ai-generated-audio-episodes)\. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk about, allowing you to steer the conversation and adjust its length before it starts generating the episode\.
Some “Alexa Podcast” examples shared by Amazon have two AI\-generated hosts talking about the history of the Roman Empire, new music, and expectations for the World Cup\. Amazon says you can also ask Alexa Plus to generate audio lessons about the Apollo missions, or create a podcast episode about a new hobby, like photography\. The feature is similar to the[AI\-generated podcasts you can create](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/11/24242138/google-notebook-llm-ai-fake-podcasts-research)using NotebookLM, a capability Microsoft Edge also snapped up in[a recent update](https://www.theverge.com/tech/930188/microsoft-edge-copilot-ai-tabs)\.
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Amazon says the AI\-generated podcast episodes will draw information from the 200 news publications the company has partnered with, including*Reuters*, the*Associated Press*, the*Washington Post*,*Vox*, and*Politico*\. Amazon[rolled out Alexa Plus](https://www.theverge.com/news/873702/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-assistant-now-available)to all users in the US in February and has since embedded the[assistant into its online marketplace](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/929457/amazon-announces-alexa-for-shopping-ai-assistant-rufus)\.
You’ll receive a notification on your Echo Show device and the Alexa app once the episode is finished\. You can tap the notification to play the episode, as well as access it through the Music and More section on the Echo Show, or with the Alexa app\.
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- Emma Roth
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