An agent in the empty chair: Amazon vets launch Primitive Labs, using AI to model customer behavior

Founded by former Amazon AGI and AWS colleagues and backed by a16z Speedrun, Primitive Labs is building AI agents that stand ...

What are forward deployed engineers?

Amazon Web Services announced that it will be investing $1 billion to implement forward deployed engineers in customer ...
techtimes

AI Model Safety Standards Deal Targets August 1: Five Labs Adopt First Jailbreak Scoring Scale

The first structured, multi-lab framework for testing the most powerful artificial intelligence models before they reach the public is days away from becoming official — and buried inside the emerging ...
Seeking Alpha

Amazon CEO is reportedly behind U.S. crackdown on Anthropic AI models

Discussions between the Trump administration and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy prompted the U.S. to issue a directive preventing foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic’s (ANTHRO) latest AI systems, The ...
Wall Street Journal

Anthropic Halts Access to Top AI Models After U.S. Ban on Foreign Use

The Trump administration is banning foreign governments, companies and individuals from using Anthropic’s most powerful artificial-intelligence tools, prompting the company to shut off access to ...
VentureBeat

Researchers say they trained a foundation model from scratch for about $1,500

Training a foundation LLM from scratch costs millions and requires internet-scale data — which is why most enterprises don't bother. Sapient thinks it has a cheaper path. To overcome this brute-force ...
Forbes

What Happens To AI Training Data After The Model Is Built?

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Ajit Sahu, Senior Engineering Leader – Health & Wellness Application Innovation, AI, digital ...
Android Authority

The latest Gemma 4 models use a training trick to slash their on-device memory footprint

Gemma 4 models are now available for download with quantization-aware training (QAT), which reduces the size and memory footprint of the models. These open-source models retain quality better thanks ...
Scientific American

Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees utilized tools to solve complex problems to win a sugary treat, even if they ...
techtimes

Microsoft Build 2026: MAI-Thinking-1 Is First In-House Reasoning Model, Trained Without OpenAI Data

shows the logo of Microsoft displayed on the facade of the company France headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, on the outskirts of Paris, on April 24, 2026. Martin LELIEVRE/Getty Images Microsoft ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Amazon Launching AI Creators Fund, Picks Up Three Animated Prime Video Shows That Use Its New Tech

The projects include work from 'Maya and the Three’ director Jorge Gutierrez, former Nickelodeon exec Albie Hecht and Buzzfeed Studios. By Katie Kilkenny, Alex Weprin Amazon is embarking on a major ...
IEEE

Zero-Shot Time Series Forecasting of the Online Gig Economy Using the CHRONOS Pretrained Language Model

Abstract: This study introduces a zero-shot forecasting method for the online gig economy applying the CHRONOS pre-trained language model to the online labor index (OLI) data. The paper concentrates ...