Despite entering a crowded AI-assistant market, Amazon hopes Metis will help it catch up in the AI race. The project is part of Amazon's AGI team, led by Rohit Prasad, and is being overseen by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. The tentative launch date for Metis is September, but some insiders express concerns about Amazon's late entry into the AI-chatbot game and the level of investment the company is willing to commit to the project.
Key takeaways:
- Amazon is developing an AI chatbot named 'Metis' to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The service is designed to be accessed from a web browser and is powered by an internal Amazon AI model called Olympus.
- Metis will use a technique called retrieval-augmented generation to generate more up-to-date responses, such as sharing the latest stock prices. It is also expected to work as an AI agent, automating and performing complex tasks.
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is directly involved in the project, which is part of Amazon's AGI team led by Rohit Prasad. The project is being tested internally and is expected to launch in September.
- Despite these developments, there are concerns that Amazon is already late to the AI-chatbot game and it's unclear how much investment the company is committed to make for the project.