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AWS launches autonomous payment service for AI agents

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. has made Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments generally available, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs, data feeds, and digital content using the USDC stablecoin — a move that brings autonomous machine-to-machine financial transactions into…

IBM and OpenAI announce partnership on AI and cybersecurity

OpenAI's specialized cybersecurity models are now available through Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Bedrock, marking the first time offensive security AI of this caliber has been distributed through a major cloud marketplace. The move, announced August 11, places tools capable of finding…

Amazon Quick AI assistant launches inside Microsoft 365

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. announced on Wednesday that its Amazon Quick AI assistant is now generally available inside Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, embedding agentic AI capabilities directly into the productivity suite used by millions of enterprise workers.

Amazon nears $3 trillion valuation as AWS powers record growth

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services posted $42.2 billion in second-quarter revenue, a 37% year-over-year increase that beat Wall Street expectations and marked the cloud unit's fastest quarterly growth in 18 quarters. The results, reported on July 30, have propelled Amazon's…

Bezos reclaims third-richest spot as Amazon surges on blowout earnings

Jeff Bezos vaulted back into third place on the world's wealth rankings on Friday after Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. shares surged more than 14%, their largest single-day gain in over four years. The rally, which followed a quarterly earnings report that…

Amazon tops Q2 estimates as AWS posts fastest growth in 18 quarters

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. reported second-quarter results after the bell on Thursday that far exceeded Wall Street expectations, driven by accelerating demand for its cloud and artificial intelligence services.

Recursive commits $410M to AWS in massive compute deal

Recursive Superintelligence, the AI startup pursuing autonomous self-improving systems, announced on Tuesday a multi-year, $410 million agreement with Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. to run its automated research infrastructure on AWS's cloud platform.

Amazon shares rise as Jassy touts strong AI chip demand

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. shares climbed about 3% on Tuesday after CEO Andy Jassy reiterated that demand for the company's custom artificial intelligence chips remains robust, with customer interest described as "incredibly strong" as enterprises seek cost-effective alternatives for training and…

Amazon launches $25 billion bond sale to fund AI buildout

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. returned to the U.S. investment-grade bond market on Tuesday, launching an eight-part offering of floating and fixed-rate notes seeking to raise at least $25 billion, according to Bloomberg News as reported by Reuters. The proceeds will fund…

Amazon to close Mechanical Turk to new customers

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. will stop accepting new customers for its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform on July 30, 2026, placing the 21-year-old service into maintenance mode as advances in AI automation erode the need for human microtask labor.

AWS to raise GPU cloud prices 20% on July 1

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services will increase prices on its EC2 Capacity Block reservations for machine learning GPU instances by approximately 20% effective July 1, 2026, according to an update posted to the company's official pricing documentation page. The increase…

EU moves to designate AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under DMA

The European Commission on Thursday issued preliminary findings that Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. and Microsoft Azure should be designated as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act, a move that would extend the bloc's strictest digital competition rules into the…

AWS lets publishers charge AI bots for content access

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. has launched a new capability within its Web Application Firewall that allows content owners and publishers to charge AI bots and agents for accessing their protected web content, marking a step toward formalizing the economic…

Microsoft turns to AWS to keep GitHub running amid AI overload

Microsoft has begun purchasing cloud capacity from rival Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services to keep its GitHub platform running as AI-powered coding tools overwhelm its infrastructure, according to a Business Insider report citing two people familiar with the plans. The…

QuEra and AWS announce fault-tolerant quantum computer for 2028

QuEra Computing on Monday unveiled Libra, its first fault-tolerant quantum computer, set to arrive on Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Braket in 2028 as part of an expanded multi-year strategic collaboration with AWS.

Amazon MGM Studios launches AI fund, orders three animated series

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. MGM Studios and Amazon Web Services on Wednesday announced the GenAI Creators' Fund, a joint initiative providing filmmakers and digital creators with AI production tools and funding to develop scripted content for Prime Video. The fund's first…