Amazon turns to Anthropic’s Claude for Alexa AI revamp
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon‘s revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the U.S. holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence…
Bronfman’s Paramount plans include partnerships with Amazon or Apple
By Nilutpal Timsina (Reuters) – Edgar Bronfman’s plans for Paramount Global include partnering with technology companies like Amazon.com or Apple to improve its streaming TV business, Bloomberg News reported on…
India minister accuses Amazon, e-commerce firms of predatory pricing
By Aditya Kalra and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s commerce minister accused Amazon and other e-commerce companies of predatory pricing practices and said the sector’s rapid rise should…
EV maker Rivian halts production of Amazon delivery vans amid parts shortage
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Rivian has temporarily suspended production of its commercial delivery vans used by retail giant Amazon.com due to a shortage of parts, a spokesperson for the…
NBA signs broadcasting deal with Disney, Amazon, Comcast worth $77 billion
By Harshita Mary Varghese and Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Walt Disney’s ESPN, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal and Amazon.com have clinched the rights to carry National Basketball Association games in an 11-year deal…
Meet the company: Amazon in Milan
Amazon in Milan: Alexa, a familiar name, represents more than just a voice assistant. The brainchild of Amazon, it has evolved into a veritable ecosystem capable of profoundly influencing the…
Talen asks US regulators to reject challenge to Amazon data center deal
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Talen Energy has asked U.S. regulators to reject a challenge to its recent Amazon data center deal, which is being opposed by a…
Amazon lures cofounders from startup Adept to bolster AI efforts
By Greg Bensinger and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Amazon.com hired away artificial intelligence startup Adept’s co-founders and some of its team in a move that echoes one by rival Microsoft,…
Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service…
Amazon, Vrio to launch satellite internet in South America, competing with Starlink
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Amazon and telecommunications firm Vrio will jointly launch a satellite internet service in seven South American countries, the two parties said on Thursday,…