Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety)

<a href="https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-podcasts-1236752477/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260518/i26.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260518/p26#a260518p26" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Todd Spangler / <a href="http://www.variety.com/">Variety</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-podcasts-1236752477/">Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated &ldquo;podcasts&rdquo; on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI &ldquo;co-hosts&rdquo;, using content from media outlets</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon's Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant.</p>