Amazon is reportedly encountering "several technical hurdles," including hallucinations, seemingly preventing it from shipping the revamped Alexa to broad availability.

Amazon has to overcome 'several technical hurdles' because it can roll out the new Alexa, according to The Financial Times.

Amazon is gearing up to relaunch its Alexa voice-powered digital assistant as an artificial intelligence “agent” that can complete practical tasks, as the tech group races to resolve the challenges that have dogged the system’s AI overhaul.

Amazon admits that the development of AI Alexa has been years of battling with both technical and personnel issues. The post Amazon Explains Why AI Alexa Isn’t Ready, Despite Years of Development appeared first on Tech.

Amazon’s AGI Lead Rohit Prasad said Alexa’s long-awaited AI overhaul has reached the “last mile” of development. Nonetheless, he said the firm still faces technical