Amazon to boost R&D staff in Cambridge
by Sarah Butler from on (#2NBH6)
Hundreds of specialists in speech science and 'knowledge engineering' to be recruited at new tech development centre in the city
Amazon is to more than triple its research and development team in Cambridge working on tech innovations such as its Alexa digital assistant, delivery drones and Echo smart speaker.
The US online retailer is opening a new building in the city with room for 400 experts in mathematical modelling, speech science, machine learning and "knowledge engineering".
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