Amazon reportedly working on AI chatbot more advanced than ChatGPT

Amazon is reportedly developing a more advanced AI chatbot than OpenAI's ChatGPT

According to Business Insider, this project, codenamed “Metis,” will be accessible through a web browser. The generative AI tool is designed to answer queries conversationally, provide resource links, and generate images.

Metis distinguishes itself with “retrieval-augmented generation” (RAG), enabling it to access information beyond its training data, such as current stock prices, potentially giving it an edge over competing AI services.

The chatbot will be powered by an Amazon language model known as Olympus, trained on two trillion data parameters, roughly double the capacity of GPT-4. This substantial bandwidth is expected to enhance Metis's ability to produce human-like responses, minimizing errors in its outputs.

Metis chatbot set to function as an 'AI Agent'

Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos has previously criticized the company's performance in the AI sector, reportedly questioning in emails to senior staff why more AI companies were not utilizing Amazon's cloud services.

The anticipated fall 2024 launch of Metis could address these concerns, positioning Amazon alongside other tech giants like Google and Microsoft, which have already introduced their generative AI assistants. The market is seeing an influx of AI products, supported by startups such as Amazon-backed Anthropic.

Metis is also being described as an "AI agent," advancing toward the next generation of technology with capabilities for autonomous tasks, leveraging data, decision-making, and multitasking based on user activity patterns and pre-set algorithms.