Amazon will eradicate a number of hundred roles in its Alexa division as a part of a broader shift in priorities and a concentrate on creating new types of synthetic intelligence, in line with an inside memo despatched to staff Friday morning. From a report: “As we proceed to invent, we’re shifting a few of our efforts to raised align with our enterprise priorities, and what we all know issues most to prospects — which incorporates maximizing our assets and efforts centered on generative AI,” wrote Daniel Rausch, vice chairman of Alexa and Fireplace TV, within the memo, obtained by GeekWire. “These shifts are main us to discontinue some initiatives, which is leading to a number of hundred roles being eradicated.”