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CNBC
Amazon shareholders reject proposal to split CEO and chair roles
Amazon previously split the CEO and chair roles when Andy Jassy succeeded Jeff Bezos at the helm in 2021.
CNBC
Founders of Amazon's PillPack launch health-care marketplace startup General Medicine
General Medicine acts as an online health-care marketplace that can connect users with medical providers or assess what care they need based on symptoms.
CNBC
Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet AI models - CNBC
Anthropic, the Amazon-backed OpenAI rival, on Thursday launched its most powerful group of AI models yet: Claude 4.
Tech in Asia
Nike returns to Amazon with direct sales after six years - Tech in Asia
... Ecommerce. ·. News. Nike returns to Amazon with direct sales after six years. Nike is set to resume selling its products directly on Amazon in the US...
PYMNTS.com
eCommerce Growth Slows After Q4 Surge, Still Outpaces Overall Spending | PYMNTS.com
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said during the company's annual shareholders meeting that tariffs have not impacted the company's sales or average selling...
Reuters
Amazon tests AI audio summaries for products, expanding tech giants' AI Push | Reuters
Amazon is testing AI-powered short-form audio summaries on select product detail pages, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday, as tech companies...
TechCrunch
Amazon rolls out short-form AI-powered audio product summaries for select items
Amazon is testing short-form AI-powered audio product summaries on select product pages, the company announced on Wednesday. The audio summaries...
CNBC
Nike to resume selling directly on Amazon for first time since 2019
Nike confirmed to CNBC that its shoes are returning to Amazon.
CNBC
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says tariffs haven't dented consumer spending
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company hasn't seen any signs of consumers tightening their wallets in the face of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.
Bloomberg
Amazon CEO Says Customer Demand, Prices Steady Despite Tariffs
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said the online retailer hasn’t seen any meaningful reduction in consumer spending or an increase in prices as a result of tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Amazon CEO Says Customer Demand, Prices Steady Despite Tariffs
TechCrunch
Google rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agent | TechCrunch
Project Mariner competes with other web-browsing AI agents, such as OpenAI's Operator, Amazon's Nova Act, and Anthropic's Computer Use. These...
theinformation.com The Information
Amazon Caps Warehouse Inventory Amid Tariff Turmoil
But for Amazon, moving inventory quickly through its fulfillment centers, which are optimized for speedy shipping, is a key driver of e-commerce...
PYMNTS.com
Amazon: Independent Sellers Gain Sales and Adopt GenAI-Powered Tools - PYMNTS.com
Independent sellers are also adopting the artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies developed for them by Amazon, including generative AI...
TechCrunch
Amazon's Danielle Perszyk is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AI
Danielle Perszyk from Amazon will join the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 in UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. Register here to save...
CNBC
Armenian organized crime rings charged with stealing $83 million in Amazon cargo
The group allegedly posed as legitimate truck drivers, then siphoned off goods destined for Amazon warehouses to sell for a profit or gift to other associates.
Bloomberg
Amazon’s Zoox Expands Robotaxi Trials to Rival Turf in Atlanta
Amazon.com Inc.’s Zoox is expanding testing of its autonomous driving technology to Atlanta, moving in on a market where Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo is expanding with Uber Technologies Inc.
Amazon’s Zoox Expands Robotaxi Trials to Rival Turf in Atlanta
Axios
UPS deal helps Stord take on Amazon - Axios
E-commerce fulfillment startup Stord acquired UPS subsidiary Ware2Go in a deal that includes a two-year sales and shipping partnership with UPS,...
CNBC
Stord, the e-commerce startup looking to take on Amazon, acquires UPS subsidiary
Logistics startup Stord said Monday that its buying UPS subsidiary Ware2Go as it looks to expand its footprint in the ecommerce space.
The Verge
Amazon claims its 'constantly inviting' new customers to Alexa Plus | The Verge
Yesterday, Reuters ran a story with the headline “Weeks after Amazon's Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users?,” in which it detailed...
The Register
AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge - The Register
The UK needs more nuclear energy generation just to power all the AI datacenters that are going to be built, according to the head of Amazon Web...
CNBC
Grok's 'white genocide' auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with 'at will'
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot is showing yet again why generative AI has a trust problem with users.
Reuters
Weeks after Amazon's Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users? | Reuters
In an ultimately unsuccessful effort to locate real-world users of Alexa+, Reuters searched dozens of news sites, YouTube, TikTok, X, BlueSky and...
Bloomberg
Amazon Removed Backup Landing Sensor Before Drone Crashes - Bloomberg
... software to shut down the propellers. Summary by Bloomberg AI. The crashes ... The tech industry also has fallen hard for computer vision software...
SiliconANGLE
AWS' AI-powered workload modernization service is now generally available
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Transform, a new service that accelerates the migration and modernization of...
PYMNTS.com
Amazon Cuts 100 Jobs in Devices Unit Amid Ongoing Efficiency Drive | PYMNTS.com
Amazon reportedly cut about 100 jobs in its devices and services ... AI tools, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google, OpenAI. OpenAI Gaining Market Share...
SiliconANGLE
Nvidia, AMD and Amazon to cash in on Saudi Arabia's AI hub ambitions - SiliconANGLE
The chipmakers are trying to expand their customer bases for AI accelerators, which power the vast majority of AI models in the world today. At...
CNBC
Amazon lays off about 100 employees in devices and services unit
Amazon is cutting jobs in its devices and services unit, which was previously hit with layoffs in 2022 and 2023.
PYMNTS.com
Nvidia and Amazon Land Middle Eastern AI Deals Amid Trump Visit | PYMNTS.com
... (AI) efforts, Bloomberg news reported Tuesday (May 13). New agreements ... Artificial intelligence (AI) search company Perplexity has launched...
PYMNTS.com
UK's CMA Launches Merger Inquiry Into Amazon Partnership With Anthropic | PYMNTS.com
Amazon's partnership with AI company Anthropic is being investigated by the United Kingdom's competition and markets regulator.
PYMNTS.com
Amazon Offers Sellers New Source of Growth Capital - PYMNTS.com
“Five years ago, if you were an eCommerce seller, it was very, very difficult to be able to get financing,” Smith said. “You're an online only...