The new hardware will go along with Amazon’s AI-upgraded Alexa. Amazon is gearing up to launch new hardware to go along with its AI-upgraded Alexa. During an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has a “brand new lineup of devices that are coming in the fall that are beautiful.”

Amazon debuted a more sophisticated version of Alexa on Wednesday that’s more conversational and can handle tasks on your behalf. But in a surprising departure from its usual playbook, the company didn’t announce new Echo devices to go with its revamped digital helper.

In today’s edition…Amazon introduces its new generative AI-powered Alexa; Microsoft workers protest AI deals with the Israeli military; Meta looks to go big on a new data center campus; Chegg sues Google over AI Overviews;