I Rolled Out AI to My Team Like It Was a Tools Problem. It Was a Trust Problem.

by George — When the pressure came down to “get the team using AI,” I did what I thought was the responsible thing. I found a good tool, I ran a tidy…

Medium·13h ago

Amazon engineers who spoke out against AI data center expansion say they are now under investigation by their employer

Amazon is denying allegations it threatened to fire employees who spoke out against AI data centers at a Seattle city council meeting ...

Moneywise on MSN·6d ago

Amazon AI search generates images from text descriptions

by Valentin Podkamennyi — Amazon launches a generative AI search tool that creates real-time images based on user descriptions to improve product discovery.

Towards AI·Jun 21

Amazon, Walmart and Uber curb employee AI use as costs surge

Major corporations like Uber, Amazon, and Walmart are cutting AI usage as inference costs consume 85% of budgets, with some depleted within months.

Crypto Briefing·Jun 19

Hands-free first notice of loss: Using Strands Agents and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser Tool for intelligent claims intake

In this post, we demonstrate how a hands-free FNOL intake system combines agents built with the Strands Agents SDK for domain reasoning with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser Tool for live portal...

AWS ML Blog·Jun 9

Internal AI Leaderboard Scrapped at Amazon Following Employee Manipulation

Amazon has officially scrapped its internal AI-powered employee leaderboard following widespread reports of internal manipulation ...

TechStory·Jun 3

Exclusive: Inside Amazon’s brutal AI-centric app-ification of HR

Amazon's relentless focus on efficiency is pulverizing workers' last lifeline of relief. "I watched the human get sucked out of the job," says one former employee.

Fast Company·16h ago

Big Tech Is Starting to Limit Employee AI Usage. Here’s Why.

by Solara Times — Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, Walmart and Cisco are scaling back unrestricted employee access to AI tools after months of aggressive…

Medium·Jun 22

Welcome to the age of AI sprawl

The pressure to use AI for the sake of using AI has created AI sprawl: Workers employ new agents or vibecode solutions with myriad AI tools that prove difficult for companies to wrap their arms...

AOL·Jun 21

Multiverse opens Edinburgh hub with ex-Amazon AI chief

IT Brief UK·Jun 11

It’s safe to close your laptop now: Hosting coding agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime gives each agent session its own isolated microVM with a persistent workspace, secure tool access through Gateway, and built-in observability—so you can run Claude...

AWS ML Blog·Jun 8

Amazon workers reportedly built a rogue AI agent to waste tokens after managers pushed harder AI use

"While high token usage doesn't directly translate to results, nothing happens if tokens aren’t used at all." ...

The Cool Down on MSN·Jun 1

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data

The decision by Amazon-owned MGM Studios to drop the OpenAI movie is just part of AI and film industries becoming increasingly intertwined. On Uncanny Valley, we look at where this is all headed.

Wired AI·3d ago

‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI as costs strain budgets

Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity amid mounting computing costs.

Australian Financial Review·Jun 22

Your youngest employees may be your most valuable AI teachers

Senior leaders still hold experience and judgment, but younger employees increasingly hold the practical AI skills transforming work.

Fast Company·Jun 19

Amazon's AWS openly criticises AI coding hype, says it can slow teams down

AWS has surprised social media users by arguing that more AI-generated code does not automatically make developers more productive and can sometimes slow teams down. The viral post comes as parent ...

MSN on MSN·Jun 10

Improve your agent’s tool-calling accuracy with SFT and DPO on Amazon SageMaker AI

In this post, you learn how to use Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) together to improve the tool-calling accuracy of a small language model (SLM). The example...

AWS ML Blog·Jun 3

Amazon's AI push backfires after employees drive up costs

Amazon's attempt to encourage greater use of artificial intelligence tools among employees produced an unintended outcome. Instead of improving efficiency, some workers increased AI activity simply...

People Matters·May 31