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Amazon says human-in-the-loop AI oversight is failing because humans stop paying attention

Amazon’s security leadership is arguing against one of the most widely accepted principles in AI governance. Eric Brandwine, VP and distinguished engineer at Amazon Security, told The Register that human-in-the-loop oversight is not the gold standard companies think it is. “Humans are not terribly consistent,” Brandwine said. “Human-in-the-loop isn’t necessarily the gold standard.” His reasoning […]

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Amazon has dropped its nearly finished Sam Altman film, four months after investing $50B in OpenAI

Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s nearly finished film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Variety and Deadline reported on Thursday. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield as Altman, had tested well with early audiences and was being shown to other studios the same day Amazon confirmed it would not release it. The decision […]

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Trump mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos for ‘first-class groveling’, new book claims

A new book paints an unflattering picture of how Silicon Valley’s most powerful men handled Donald Trump’s return to power. According to its authors, they grovelled. And Trump, they write, mocked them for it behind their backs. The book is “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump”, by the New York Times reporters […]

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Google is using Nvidia’s own playbook to break its grip on AI chips

To build a serious rival to Nvidia, Google has reached for Nvidia’s own playbook. A Wall Street Journal investigation lays out how Google is using financial guarantees and what the industry calls “circular financing”, the very tactics that helped make demand for Nvidia’s chips unstoppable, to win data-centre customers for its own silicon. The clearest […]

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A city hit pause on AI data centres. Amazon responded by investigating its own engineers.

The backlash against AI data centres used to be a local zoning story. This week, it became a fight inside Amazon. Three Amazon engineers, Patrick Schloesser, Darius Irani and Liesl Wigand, say the company placed them under investigation after they testified to Seattle’s city council in favour of regulating data centres. They have filed a […]

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Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits

When three Amazon software engineers testified earlier this month at Seattle City Council hearings about data centers, they started their testimony by citing a city law barring employment discrimination over political speech. Now, they’re accusing their employer of breaking that law by retaliating against them. On June 10th – one week after the hearing, and […]

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The EU is about to declare AWS and Azure gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act

The European Commission is set to unveil preliminary findings as early as next week stating that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure appear to meet the requirements to be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reported. A final decision is expected by the end of 2026, though timelines could shift. If designated, […]

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The Verge’s guide to Amazon Prime Day 2026

Amazon Prime Day 2026 lifts off on June 23rd and will hopefully deliver the best deals of the summer. We’ve been covering the most notable pre-Prime Day discounts happening, and come next week, we’ll be bringing you many more deals — ones we can’t tell you about just yet. As usual, expect to see price […]

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Parafin lands a Goldman Sachs credit facility to embed lending inside Amazon, DoorDash, and Walmart

Parafin, an embedded financial infrastructure company on the 2026 Forbes Fintech 50 list, has secured a new credit facility led by Goldman Sachs alongside One William Street Capital Management. The facility will expand access to embedded lending for small businesses through platforms including Amazon, DoorDash, Gusto, TikTok Shop, and Walmart. The company’s model is straightforward. […]

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