Developing artificial general intelligence (AGI)—or an AI smart as a human—is the “north star” for Amazon’s Rohit Prasad, who jumped from being Alexa’s head scientist to running a ...

As one of the chief architects of Amazon ’s AMZN 1.24% Alexa, Rohit Prasad has been at the vanguard of artificial intelligence. Now, he is leading the company’s effort to catch up in the AI race.

Amazon senior vice president Rohit Prasad is leading the Alexa business in the new era of generative AI, building on the company’s history in working with large language models. (Amazon Photo) ...