Tech Giants Shift Focus to Generative AI Amidst Challenges

Amazon lays off Alexa staff, Google's Gemini AI faces delays, and Meta questions the hype around the technology.

Amazon is laying off hundreds of employees working on its Alexa voice assistant, and is increasing its investments into developing generative AI tools.
Google's new conversational AI, Gemini, is facing delays and is now expected to be released in the first quarter.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai suggested that some features might be lacking from the initial release of Gemini.
Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, questioned the hype around generative AI, stating that it has outpaced what the technology can do.
Amazon Web Services launched a consumer service called PartyRock, which allows users with no software development experience to build generative AI applications.