TechCrunch
Anthropic wants to spend $750 billion on cloud capacity from AWS, Google, and Microsoft - three companies that increasingly see it as a rival, not a client. Awkward.
TechCrunch
Amazon says it's done with NDAs and data centers are actually great, a claim met with the same enthusiasm as a used car salesman saying the odometer is definitely accurate.
The Verge
Amazon publishes a 3,000-word blog arguing that blocking AI data centers is basically treason, while quietly dropping the NDAs that kept everyone in the dark.
TechCrunch
AWS and Superblocks team up to bring vibe coding into the corporate sandbox, because who needs rogue apps when you can have secure, IT-approved ones?
TechCrunch
Amazon's Mechanical Turk stops taking new customers in 2026, leaving its remaining workforce to ponder an ironic fate: being replaced by the very AI they helped train.
TechCrunch
Odyssey raises $310M at a $1.45B valuation to simulate the world, because text prediction was just too easy.
TechCrunch
AWS realizes the internet was built for humans but AI agents are the new power users, so it’s redesigning cloud infrastructure to handle their erratic, bursty behavior without charging for idle compute.
BBC Business
Amazon's dominance is a mix of smart strategy, shareholder patience, and alleged antitrust shenanigans - plus a dash of Prime-induced loyalty that makes canceling harder than quitting caffeine.
TechCrunch
Amazon snatches OpenAI's models like a kid grabbing the last cookie, now that Microsoft isn't the only one allowed at the table.
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