Amazon, Perplexity and AI

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Amazon Targets Perplexity’s AI Agent—Startup Fires Back, Says ‘Bullying Is Not Innovation’
Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter accusing Perplexity AI of using its Comet browser agent to make purchases on Amazon without authorization, prompting Perplexity to fire back with a public statement alleging bullying and intimidation from the e-commerce juggernaut.

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Perplexity receives legal threat from Amazon over agentic AI shopping tool
Amazon and Perplexity are fighting over the future of AI shopping

Amazon, Perplexity and Sues

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Amazon sues Perplexity AI for covert access to customer accounts
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity AI, accusing the company of covertly accessing Amazon customer accounts through its agentic shopping technology. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

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Amazon Sues to Stop Perplexity From Using AI Tool to Buy Stuff
Amazon and Perplexity are beefing over AI shopping

Amazon Just Landed a $38 Billion OpenAI Deal

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Analysis-Amazon's $38 billion OpenAI deal shows it is no longer an AI laggard
Amazon's $38 billion cloud deal with OpenAI marks a major endorsement for the e-commerce giant's cloud business after recent setbacks, including ceding market share to rivals and an outage that disrupted large parts of the internet.

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OpenAI and Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing power
OpenAI makes $38 billion computing deal with Amazon

Amazon's AI Cloud Empire: Why AWS Still Reigns Supreme

AWS added more than 3.8 gigawatts of power in just the last 12 months. That's more than any other cloud provider. Amazon's ...
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Amazon CEO Explains Layoffs, Buying ‘A Lot Of Nvidia,’ AI Chip Innovation And Doubling AWS Capacity

Andy Jassy explains Amazon’s 14,000 layoffs, buying Nvidia chips, upcoming Trainium3 AI chips, AWS capacity and sales growth, ...
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Amazon Demands That AI Browser Stop Automatically Shopping on Behalf of Users

The e-commerce giant sent a nasty cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, accusing it of "computer fraud" in violation of its ...

Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs as the retailing giant embraces AI

The job cuts come as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said he envisions the company relying on AI agents to replace human workers.

Amazon VP says his division is hiring and promoting based on employees' AI usage

"We're going to promote based on AI," said Amazon VP Jamie Simonoff. "We're going to promote based on how you're integrating ...

'Dystopia Prime:' Amazon AI van cameras spark surveillance concerns

Amazon.com Inc's announcement this week that it would be rolling out AI-powered cameras in its branded delivery vans for ...

The AI Data Center Boom Is Warping the US Economy

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon are investing tens of billions in data centers. AI infrastructure is now a key driver ...

Are We in an AI Bubble? Here's What We Learned From Amazon, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Microsoft.

Are We in an AI Bubble? Here's What We Learned From Amazon, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Microsoft. The large tech companies ...