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Amazon CEO: AI Momentum Continues to Grow

Amazon continues to see momentum grow for artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (Gen AI), and the company continues to invest heavily in Gen AI although it’s sti... More

Audible to Test Using Prime Video Data for Audiobook Recommendations (TechCrunch)

Amazon has historically operated audiobook marketplace Audible as a separate entity, unconnected to the retailer’s broader goals and ambitions. Today, that’s changing a bit wit... More

Amazon Q is Now Generally Available

AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon Q, the most capable generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant for accelerating software development and leverag... More

Amazon Bedrock: New Innovations for Building Generative AI Applications

The ability to bring your own AI model to Bedrock. More Amazon Titan models. Comprehensive protection from harmful content. Here’s what’s new in Amazon Bedrock, and why tens of... More

Amazon is Opening Cloud Regions in Southeast Asia to Meet Customer Demand, CTO Says (CNBC)

From startups to government agencies, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels said customers “have been asking” for local data residency. “And for them, it’s important to have these kinds... More

Amazon Brings its ‘Amazon Live’ Shoppable Livestreams to Prime Video, Freevee (TechCrunch)

Amazon Live’s FAST channel will feature 24/7 programming from popular creators and celebrities, such as reality TV stars Lala Kent (“Vanderpump Rules”) and Paige DeSorbo (“... More

Amazon Spends $2.75B on AI Start-Up Anthropic (CNBC)

Amazon is making its largest outside investment in its three-decade history as it looks to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race. The tech giant said it will spend anoth... More

ITV Strikes First-of-Its-Kind James Bond Deal With MGM (Deadline)

The deal will see 25 James Bond movies available to view on both linear and then for 30 days on streaming platform ITVX, and the pics will air multiple times a year. ITV said the d... More

5 AI Careers of the Future — and the Amazon Skills-training Programs to Help You Prepare

Amazon’s free education and training programs equip learners with AI skills for tomorrow’s workforce.... More

Amazon Debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI Shopping Assistant in its Mobile App (TechCrunch)

Customers will be able to chat with Rufus inside Amazon’s mobile app to get help with finding products, performing product comparisons, and getting recommendations on what to buy... More

Amazon CEO: Company to Continue Investing in Generative AI

Amazon continues to heavily invest in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) and, although it’s still a nascent category, Gen AI revenue is growing quickly, according to com... More

AI Adoption Forecast to Unleash €600B Growth in Europe’s Economy (Amazon News)

A third of European businesses have adopted AI, a 32% growth rate since last year which, if maintained, could contribute an additional €600 billion in gross value added (GVA) to ... More

How Amazon Uses AI to Help Customers Shop with Confidence (TM)

Valuable data-driven AI insights are helping Amazon - the top apparel retailer in the US - provide a better experience for customers.... More

7 Key Announcements From Amazon at CES 2024

Amazon announced a new Fire TV partnership with Panasonic, in-car generative AI with BMW, Matter Casting support for Fire TV and Echo Show 15 devices, and more.... More

Amazon CEO: Generative AI Will ‘Change Every Customer Experience’ (CNBC)

In an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said generative artificial intelligence will change the customer experience in the company’s enterprise and discre... More

Amazon Prime Video to Air Live Boxing in 2024 (TV Tech)

Prime Video will be home to Premier Boxing Champions’ PPV events, championship bouts, behind-the-scenes docuseries, and other content ... More

Amazon to Include HDR in Premier League Christmas Round (BTN)

Prime Video will broadcast 10 matches from the early December midweek match round starting December 5th and another 10 across the Boxing Day bank holiday round.... More

Amazon CSO Likens Security to Psychological Chess Matches (CD)

Security professionals should focus on ambiguous, dynamic problems that can’t be solved by software, Stephen Schmidt says.... More

Amazon Aims to Provide Free AI Skills Training to 2M People by 2025 with New ‘AI Ready’ Commitment

If we are going to unlock the full potential of AI to tackle the world’s most challenging problems, we need to make AI education accessible to anyone with a desire to learn. That... More

Amazon Team to Train New LLM AI Model, ‘Olympus’ (AI)

As AI is adopted by businesses around the world, the potential for it to drive global economic growth and investment opportunities is huge.... More