Strong demand and explosive growth lift Amazon, Microsoft and Google partner Confluent stock toward a breakout.

Speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference in San Francisco, Amazon SVP and head of Artificial General Intelligence Rohit Prasad dismissed concerns about the industry’s feared “AI wall.”

Amazon says that it's establishing a new R&D lab in San Francisco, the Amazon AGI SF Lab, to focus on building AI agents.

Additionally, the company also announced that it has made significant progress with Trainium, its custom chip. In fact, AWS CEO Matt Garman revealed that Apple has been an early adopter and long time beta-tester for the company’s Trainium chips, indicating a close relationship between both technology giants.

Invent, Amazon tips a slew of upgrades in everything from storage and databases to new computing chips and various AI tools, mostly aimed at reducing cost and complexity.

Amazon's Rufus AI shopping assistant, offers an early glimpse into how artificial intelligence could reshape product discovery and purchase behavior online.

Amazon Anthropic investment reaches new heights as tech giant pours billions into AI development. Learn how this partnership shapes the future of cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

Amazon’s stock was heading for a third straight record close Friday, as the company’s AWS re:Invent conference gave analysts reason to believe it has caught up with its AI rivals.

Amazon Studios' Glenn Gainor is backing humans over artificial intelligence, as she posited that the industry needs to embrace change during "an incredible inflection point.” Gainor is Head of Physical Production,

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AWS CEO Matt Garman said he sees AI inference as a fourth building block for AWS, joining cloud computing, storage and database services. Amazon’s Trainium, Inferentia, and Graviton processors were a big focus, continuing to evolve as an alternative to Nvidia and other companies.

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