Space: Amazon develops 'Callisto' artificial intelligence for NASA lunar mission based on Alexa

Amazon have teamed up with Cisco and Lockheed Martin to develop an artificial intelligence system -- dubbed'Callisto' -- for NASA's Artemis I lunar mission. Callisto will combine into one interface the voice control technology of Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant with Cisco's Webex video conferencing system. Lockheed Martin engineers, meanwhile, will be leading the development of the custom-built system and its integration into their Orion space capsule design. Unlike Alexa, Callisto will contain technology and software that allows it to respond to commands in-flight without reliance on an internet connection. The video conferencing system, in contrast, will require a communications system to function -- and will operate via NASA's Deep Space Network.