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Episode: Amazon’s Panos Panay on the long road to Alexa’s AI overhaul
Description: Panos Panay is in charge of devices and services at Amazon — that's everything from Alexa and Kindle to Ring, Eero, and even the Project Kuiper satellite internet service that's meant to compete with Starlink.He's led the team through giving Alexa a big AI infusion which is what drew him to Amazon after nearly 20 years with Microsoft. Like so many folks in tech, he sees AI as a platform shift that will change the way we use computers.Fair warning: We talk about Alexa a lot in this one, so you might want to go mu...