Is Amazon’s Alexa becoming paid? Monthly subscription could cost this much

Amazon is upgrading its Alexa voice assistant with artificial intelligence (AI) as it plans to charge a monthly subscription fee, CNBC reported citing people in the know. The company will launch a more conversational version of Alexa later this year as it competes with AI-powered chatbots from Google and OpenAI. The report also claimed Amazon’s subscription for Alexa will not be included in the $139-per-year Prime offering.