Microsoft turns to Amazon as AI-driven growth at GitHub strains its infrastructure

AI-generated code growth is pushing GitHub’s infrastructure to the limit, prompting Microsoft to seek additional cloud capacity.

The Hans India·Jun 16

Microsoft’s GitHub was positioned to win the AI coding race. Outages got in the way

Outages have plagued Microsoft's GitHub unit this year as the soaring popularity of vibe coding stressed its infrastructure. GitHub's drawn-out migration to Microsoft's Azure has limited its...

CNBC·May 22

Amazon reports cloud outage at North Virginia data centre; CME, Coinbase face trading issues

May 7 (Reuters) - Amazon's cloud unit reported an outage at one of its data center zones in northern Virginia on Thursday, while derivatives marketplace CME Group and cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase...

Reuters on MSN·May 8

Claude AI Goes Down Again As Outages Pile Up

Claude AI outages drag on as Anthropic battles repeated errors over multiple days, worrying enterprise users about reliability. Claude is down again, and users are once more left staring at loading...

TechRepublic·Apr 6

Amazon finds out AI programming isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Businesses love that they can use AI to replace those pesky, expensive developers. For example, Atlassian just laid off 10% of its workers, about 1,600 jobs, to throw more money into AI. Block ...

Computerworld·Mar 15

Amazon puts humans further back in the loop as its retail website crashes from 'inaccurate advice' that an AI agent took from an old wiki

Fortune·Mar 12

Microsoft is seeking its biggest rival Amazon's help to solve GitHub's growing ...

Microsoft is reportedly enlisting rival Amazon Web Services to manage GitHub's overwhelming capacity demands, driven by a surge in AI-driven coding. Despite plans to fully migrate to Azure by 2027,...

The Times of India on MSN·Jun 15

Amazon cloud outage at North Virginia data center largely resolved

Amazon's cloud services were largely back online on Friday after overheating at one of its data centers triggered an outage that impacted companies including cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The ...

MSN·May 15

AWS data center outage hits trading on FanDuel, Coinbase — recovery to take hours

Amazon Web Services reported operational issues starting Thursday night due to a "thermal issue" at a Virginia facility. The leading cloud provider's outage was tied to issues on popular trading ...

CNBC·May 8

Amazon admits heavy AI use is 'disrupting' its core business

Tech giants are learning the hard way that forcing AI into every workflow can trigger a massive backfire. Amazon recently summoned a large group of engineers to address a series of damaging outages...

MSN·Mar 23

Amazon Reviews AI Coding Practices After Outages Draw Scrutiny

FinTech Weekly·Mar 13

Amazon's AI Code Broke Amazon. Here's What Went Wrong.

The Neuron·Mar 12

Why Amazon is Regretting Its Strict AI Adoption Mandate

Amazon’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI) has faced significant challenges, as highlighted by Brendan Dell. One notable issue is the company’s reliance on strict adoption metrics, such as ...

Geeky Gadgets·May 29

openclaw 2026.5.12

Highlights Leaner installs: WhatsApp, Slack, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Vertex, and related provider/plugin dependency cones moved out of the core runtime so installs only pull what you use. Telegram...

OpenClaw Releases·May 14

Amazon Web Services outage enters second day. Here's what we know.

In its most recent update, posted at 12:29 p.m. PT, Amazon acknowledged that recovery "efforts are slower than we had previously anticipated," and that "Full recovery is still expected to take...

Mashable·May 7

Amazon experienced a string of outages this week: 2 things investors need to know

Investors appear to have focused on Amazon's reactions more than on the incidents. Prospective buyers do not appear to have a buying opportunity. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › As market ...

MSN·Mar 16

'Proceed with caution': Elon Musk offers warning after Amazon reportedly had mandatory meeting to address 'high blast radius' and AI-related incidents

Fortune·Mar 12

Amazon hiring humans to fix the AI that got them fired after widespread outages

Outages due to AI assistant tools is leading Amazon to rely on staff the tools are meant to replace (Image: Getty) AI coding tools by Amazon reportedly led to widespread outages that shut down its ...

AOL·Mar 11