Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
Amazon’s AI-powered overhaul of its digital assistant, now known as Alexa+, is coming to the web. On Monday, at the start of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the company announced the official launch of a new website, Alexa.com, which is now rolling out to all Alexa+ Early Access customers. The site will allow customers to use Alexa+ online, much as you can do today with other AI chatbots such as ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini. While Alexa-powered devices, including Amazon’s Echo smart speakers and screens, have a well-established footprint with over 600 million devices sold worldwide, Amazon believes that for its AI assistant to be competitive, it will need to be everywhere — not just in the home, but also on the phone and on the web. Plus, the expansion could later give anyone a way to interact with Alexa+, even if they don’t have a device in their home. Related to this expansion, Amazon is updating its Alexa mobile app, which will now offer a more “agent-forward” experience. Or, in other words, it’s putting a chatbot-style interface on the app’s homepage, making it seem more like a typical AI chatbot. (While you could chat with Alexa before in the app, the focus is now on
Litera Launches Mobile AI App For Lawyers on the Move
Litera has launched an iOS mobile app for Litera One, so that lawyers can tap the legal tech company’s AI skills, via its Lito assistant, while on the move. The company said: ‘Lito [will] be accessible across the web and Outlook, and [provide] a mobile experience with true two-way continuity. Users can ask questions, run workflows, review outputs, compare documents, and even dictate hands-free queries while on the move without losing secure access to firm-specific documents, data, or workflows.’ And here’s a quick overview of what’s possible: ‘Conversational AI: Ask questions, launch workflows, and move work forward via text or speech-to-text Document Review: Analyze documents and generate structured, actionable outputs Document Comparison: Use Litera’s market-leading Compare technology for AI-powered comparison, summarization, and risk analysis Business Development: Create client-ready summaries, updates, and insights faster.’ Pasquale Colella, VP, Global SaaS Operations at Litera, commented: ‘Lawyers need to stay productive whether they’re traveling, moving between meetings, or preparing to walk into a client conversation. ‘With Litera One Mobile, that continuity is seamless. Work begun on the web—or in Microsoft Word or Outlook—is instantly available on mobile, and anything started on mobile carries effortlessly back to the desktop. This ensures lawyers can keep momentum between touchpoints without restarting
HUMAIN , the first AI Chatbot built for 400 million arabic speakers
Saudi Arabia launched HUMAIN Chat, an Arabic artificial-intelligence app, in the Kingdom on Monday, which the company says is trained on the world’s largest datasets of the language. The product is HUMAIN’s first application in its AI suite and is powered by an Arabic model called ALLAM 34B, which was created in Saudi Arabia by local developers, the company stated in a press release. HUMAIN, an AI company wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund, was launched in May by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and aims to develop Arabic large-language models, and position the Kingdom as a global hub for technology innovation. The app is available on iOS and Android devices as well as through a web browser, and will be rolled out soon to other Arabic-speaking countries, the company stated. HUMAIN’s CEO Tareq Amin said: “The launch of HUMAIN Chat is a point of pride for Saudi Arabia, marking a historic milestone in our mission to build sovereign AI that is both technically advanced and culturally authentic.” ALLAM, which was built by a team of over 120 AI specialists, including 35 researchers with doctorates, has been designed to serve the 350 million people who speak Arabic across the globe. The model is culturally mindful,
Apple, Google go official for Siri revamp: A Complete Guide
Apple and Google just officially announced a multi-year partnership that will use Gemini to power both Apple’s foundational AI models and the long-awaited Siri upgrade expected later this year. The details: The two tech giants published a joint statement confirming the deal, with Apple saying Gemini “provides the most capable foundation” for its AI. Bloomberg first reported the potential deal in November, saying Apple was committing roughly $1B annually to license Google’s technology. Apple told CNBC that its ChatGPT deal is still intact, while also confirming that its AI features will continue to run on-device and via Private Cloud Compute. The announcement briefly pushed Google's market cap above $4T for the first time, now trailing only Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple itself. Why it matters: After a year of rumblings over Siri’s direction, Apple is finally (officially) picking a lane — and one that is outsourcing Siri’s AI struggles to a major competitor. The deal is validation for Google’s massive Gemini rise, and also makes the arrangements with OpenAI a bit awkward, with its biggest rival powering Siri’s brain.
