Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, SpaceX, OpenAI, and Amazon will all serve as artificial-intelligence vendors for the Department of Defense.

Amazon reports Q1 earnings Wednesday with a $244 billion cloud backlog and blockbuster deals with Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, but investors are watching whether the company's $200 billion spending plan is starting to pay off.

Amazon tracks engineers' AI use in detail, tying adoption and habits to productivity goals while navigating internal resistance.

The Pentagon has struck agreements with more technology companies for expanded use of advanced artificial intelligence tools on classified military networks, according to a Defense Department statement and two defense officials briefed on the matter.

AWS expanded Amazon Connect into four agentic AI tools for supply chain, hiring, customer service, and healthcare workflows, with humans still in control.

The expansion comes just weeks ahead of Amazon’s annual Prime Day event, which California Attorney General mentioned in his “price fixing” lawsuit against the retail giant.

Amazon's AI-native strategy prioritizes practical AI adoption, emphasizing balance in speed, cost, and control.

By Deborah Mary Sophia and Greg Bensinger April 29 (Reuters) - Amazon.com on Wednesday reported cloud sales growth above Wall Street expectations, driven by strong enterprise spending as companies continue to devote tremendous resources to their artificial intelligence efforts.

Rejoice: The Amazon app now lets you ask real shopping questions to its fake podcasters — it's an addition to the "Hear the highlights" AI feature the company introduced last year. Before, the short audio summaries were generated from an unalterable script. Now, the dialogue can adapt to your spoken or typed questions.

Amazon's new "Join the chat" feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.

The CEO said demand for software jobs is "accelerating." It comes as other AI leaders warn coding jobs are getting disrupted.