Not to be outdone by its Big Tech rivals, Amazon on Nov. 28 announced its own AI-powered workplace assistant.
The chatbot, Amazon Q, is meant to help employees with daily tasks, such as filling out internal support tickets and answering questions about company policy, Amazon said. Amazon Q joins other corporate chatbots, including Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Duet AI and OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise.
We've rounded up articles from SHRM Online and other outlets to provide more context on the news.
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Unlike ChatGPT and Google Bard, Amazon Q is not built on a specific AI model. Instead, it uses an Amazon platform known as Bedrock, which connects together several AI systems, the company said. Like other corporate AI chatbots, Amazon Q is built to be more secure than a consumer chatbot.
Pricing for Amazon Q starts at $20 per user each month. Microsoft and Google both charge $30 a month for each user of their enterprise chatbots.
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