She added that voice recognition competency is improving all the time, along with improvements in graphic latency, sound effects, and music capabilities.īhatnagar said that “Create with Alexa” started at the crossroads of creativity and AI. “Kids will want to be able to say, ‘I want to see a wall of chocolate,’ and soon we expect we’ll be able to do that,” she said. An evolution in storytellingĪccording to Bishop, this kind of AI-assisted story creation is just scratching the surface of what the technology can do. But, she said the Alexa science team invented on behalf of the customers to enable each story to have unique AI-generated background music based on the thematic elements of the story. For example, “At first we didn't think we would have contextual music generation,” Bishop said. It is trained to build a cohesive story by generating text from just a few key inputs.Īs the team worked to make the “Create with Alexa” experience a reality, they continued to improve the technology and experience.
A language model trained on written stories generates the text of the story. The entire experience is made possible by innovations in conversational and generative AI that help build the narrative, scenery, and sound. “They inspire me not just to improve the ‘Create with Alexa’ experience but, more broadly, to bring the power of generative AI to unlock future possibilities.” The experience is made possible by AI innovation “The moments my son and I spend together creating a fun story are priceless,” Bhatnagar said. As with any child-directed Alexa feature, “Create with Alexa” requires verifiable parental consent before it’s enabled on a device. “We have multiple guardrails such as content filtering and curated prompts to ensure this experience is both delightful and safe.” He said privacy is also key. “From the get-go, we used carefully curated data sources to train AI models,” he said. “He’s helped us uncover bugs and, at the same time, impatiently demanded more themes and characters to be introduced-‘Pa, I want dinosaurs next’ my son tells me.”Īs a father, Bhatnagar knew it was essential to make the experience safe for young kids. “He was one of our early and most demanding beta testers,” Bhatnagar said. The act of creating stories has become part of the regular bedtime routine for Bhatnagar and his 6-year-old son, Reyaansh. “And we created this experience to further that vision.”
“We’ve always envisioned Alexa to be a trusted companion that brings joy and fun to the family,” said Eshan Bhatnagar, head of product for Alexa AI. Kids have long loved listening to stories, and with “Create with Alexa” they can also actively co-create stories of their own.Īmazon came up with the idea for “Create with Alexa” the same way it came up with ideas for most products the team started with the customer and worked backwards. They can then save the story in their personal media gallery to experience it again, and coming soon, share it with their loved ones. Even if the child chooses the same prompts in the future, the story will be different each time. The child’s choices of character, setting, and other variables dictate the direction the story goes-and no two stories are the same.įor example, once a child has told Alexa they’re ready to create, they select a theme, which could be “space exploration,” “underwater,” or “enchanted forest.” They then choose and name a character-say, an astronaut named Speedy or an alien named Fuzzy-choose a color theme, and pick adjectives like “silly” or “happy” or “mysterious.” With those few inputs, Alexa works behind the scenes to create a five- to 10-line story, told across five unique scenes that are complete with sound and visual effects.
For each scene, the AI also composes an illustration, background music, and sound effects. Children can say the simple phrase, “Alexa, make a story,” follow a few prompts, and Alexa takes over-generating a unique and original narrative based on the child’s preferences.
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