Neural: Amazon announces Alexa+ AI, ChatGPT expands Deep Research access, Claude 3.7 is here to code

Welcome to Neural. AI moves fast. We help you keep up. Much has unfolded in AI Land since we last spoke. Amazon has officially announced Alexa+, OpenAI has made a feature cheaper that used to cost $200/month, Anthropic unveiled and released Claude 3.7, and Perplexity has previewed its new AI-driven Comet browser for agentic search. “Alexa, what is an LLM?” At a media event that Amazon chose not to stream, former Microsoft Surface guy turned Amazon Alexa champion Panos Panay revealed Alexa+, the Amazon Echo-based voice assistant for the large language model era. If you’ve ever used OpenAI’s ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode, you’re already familiar with the caliber of Alexa+ AI. Amazon’s modernized version of Alexa promises personality and contextual awareness including memory of previous conversations. Bloomberg’s Matt Day and Mark Gurman were in attendance: A demo video showed Alexa booking concert tickets, restaurant reservations and texting a babysitter. “She’s useful,” Panay repeate ... Read full article.